On Monday, in Friends of Danny DeVito v. Wolf, a divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejected a constitutional challenge to Governor Tom Wolf’s executive order closing non-life sustaining businesses. ...more
A class-action lawsuit filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania late last week alleges that Governor Wolf’s orders closing non-life sustaining business constitute a taking requiring just compensation under the Fifth...more
3/31/2020
/ Business Closures ,
Class Action ,
Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Due Process ,
Emergency Management Plans ,
Eminent Domain ,
Executive Orders ,
Fifth Amendment ,
Operators of Essential Services ,
State and Local Government ,
Takings Clause