PA · rules
Pa. Sup. Ct. IOP § 2
Preamble
A. In the discharge of judicial duties, every Justice is responsible to the Court.
B. In its discharge of judicial functions, the Court is the responsibility of every
Justice.
C. All Justices bear an equal responsibility for the proper disposition of every matter
before the Court.
D. The assignment of a given matter to a single Justice is solely for the efficiency of
the Court, and neither enhances the power of the assigned Justice nor
diminishes the duty of the remaining Justices as to its proper disposition.
In furtherance of the duties expressed in the preamble, the following procedures,
which may be amended without notice as circumstances require, have been
adopted by the Court:
Provenance
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- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
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