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Mastrocola v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jun 1, 2009
973 A.2d 412 (Pa. 2009)

Opinion

103 EAL 2008, 104 EAL 2008.

June 1, 2009.

Petition Nos. 103 104 EAL 2008 for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court.

Prior report: 941 A.2d 81.


ORDER


AND NOW, this 1st day of June, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to the following issues:

1. Is federal preemption based upon choice-of-law preemption a waivable defense?

2. Are Petitioners' claims in this suit preempted, or are they preserved from preemption by the clarifying amendment to FRSA at 49 U.S.C. § 20106(b)?


Summaries of

Mastrocola v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jun 1, 2009
973 A.2d 412 (Pa. 2009)
Case details for

Mastrocola v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority

Case Details

Full title:Thomas MASTROCOLA, Chris Michelle Hammel, h/w and Michelle McDonald and…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jun 1, 2009

Citations

973 A.2d 412 (Pa. 2009)
973 A.2d 412

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