Pennsylvania Code
Title 210 - APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Part I - RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
Article III - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Chapter 31 - BUSINESS OF THE COURTS GENERALLY
IN GENERAL
Rule 3102 - Quorum and Action

Universal Citation: 210 PA Code § 3102

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 52, December 28, 2024

(a) Quorum. A majority of the Supreme Court and, except as otherwise prescribed in this rule, a panel of three judges of any other appellate court shall be a quorum of the court.

(b) Absence from panel. If less than three members of a panel attend a session of the panel, another judge or judges shall be designated to complete the panel if reasonably possible, and if it is not reasonably possible to do so the presiding judge with the consent of the parties present may direct that the matter be heard and determined by a panel of two judges. If the two judges who so heard the matter are unable to agree upon the disposition thereof, the president judge of the court may direct either that the matter be submitted on the briefs to a third judge, or that the matter be reargued before a full panel.

(c) Commonwealth Court evidentiary hearing and election matters. A single judge of the Commonwealth Court shall be a quorum of the Court for the purposes of hearing and determining:

(1) Any matter which under the applicable law may be determined in whole or in part upon the record made before the court.

(2) Any election matter.

(3) Any enforcement proceeding under Rule 3761 (relating to enforcement proceedings).

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