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Pa. Sup. Ct. IOP (introduction)
Supreme Court Internal Operating Procedures
Internal Operating Procedures of the Supreme Court
(Revised April 1, 2020)
1. Introduction.
2. Preamble.
3. Decisional Procedures: Argued and Submitted Cases.
4. Opinions.
5. Non-Capital Direct Appeals.
6. Allowance of Appeal.
7. Motions, Miscellaneous Petitions and Applications for Relief.
8. Certification of Questions of Law.
9. Photographing, Recording and Broadcasting of Supreme Court Proceedings by
the Pennsylvania Cable Network (“PCN”).
10. Communications to the Court in Pending Cases.
11. Quorum.
12. Suspension of Procedures.
13. Temporary Judicial Assignments to the Supreme Court
Provenance
- Source
- www.pacourts.us
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-30
- Edition
- 2026-09-30
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