Case ID: pa_600/html/0372-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

966 A.2d 548
    Laila SNEAD, Respondent v. SOCIETY FOR the PREVENTION OF CRUELTY TO ANIMALS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner.
    Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
    Feb. 12, 2009.
   ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 12th day of February, 2009, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:

Whether the lower court erred in disregarding the SPCA’s inherently governmental functions, including enforcement of Pennsylvania’s Dog Law, authority to arrest suspects and execute search warrants, and traditional animal protection and control roles, pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 8541, in holding the SPCA was not entitled to sovereign or governmental immunity.