Pennsylvania Code › Title 210 - APPELLATE PROCEDURE › Part I - RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE › Article II - APPELLATE PROCEDURE › Chapter 11 - APPEALS FROM COMMONWEALTH COURT AND SUPERIOR COURT › PETITION FOR ALLOWANCE OF APPEAL › Rule 1115 - Content of the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a)
General rule
.-The petition
					 for allowance of appeal need not be set forth in numbered paragraphs in the manner
					 of a pleading, and shall contain the following (which shall be set forth in the
					 order stated):
(1) A reference to the official and
					 unofficial reports of the opinions delivered in the courts below, if any, and if
					 reported. Any such opinions shall be appended as provided in subdivision
					 (a)(7).
(2) The text of the order in
					 question, or the portions thereof sought to be reviewed, and the date of its entry
					 in the appellate court below. If the order is voluminous, it may, if more
					 convenient, be appended to the petition.
(3) The questions presented for review, expressed
					 in the terms and circumstances of the case but without unnecessary detail. The
					 statement of questions presented will be deemed to include every subsidiary question
					 fairly comprised therein. Only the questions set forth in the petition, or fairly
					 comprised therein, will ordinarily be considered by the court in the event an appeal
					 is allowed.
(4) A statement of place of
					 raising or preservation of issues, which shall appear immediately after the
					 questions presented for review. The statement shall specify the stage of the
					 proceedings at which, and manner in which, the questions sought to be reviewed were
					 raised in each proceeding below, the method of raising those questions
					 (
e.g.
, by a pleading, by a request to charge and exceptions, etc.),
					 and the way in which those questions were passed upon by each court below, with
					 citations to the record, as required by Pa.R.A.P. 2117(c). If under the applicable
					 law an issue is reviewable on appeal without having been raised or preserved below,
					 the statement shall so assert, with citation to appropriate authority.
(5) A concise statement of the case containing the
					 facts material to a consideration of the questions presented.
(6) A concise statement of the reasons relied upon
					 for allowance of an appeal.
See
Pa.R.A.P. 1114.
(7) There shall be appended to the petition a copy
					 of any opinions delivered relating to the order sought to be reviewed, as well as
					 all opinions of government units, trial courts, or intermediate appellate courts in
					 the case, and, if reference thereto is necessary to ascertain the grounds of the
					 order, opinions in companion cases. If an application for reargument was filed in
					 the Superior Court or Commonwealth Court, there also shall be appended to the
					 petition a copy of any order granting or denying the application for reargument. If
					 whatever is required by this paragraph to be appended to the petition is voluminous,
					 it may, if more convenient, be separately presented.
(8) There shall be appended to the petition the
					 verbatim texts of the pertinent provisions of constitutional provisions, statutes,
					 ordinances, regulations, or other similar enactments which the case involves, and
					 the citation to the volume and page where they are published, including the official
					 edition, if any.
(9) The certificate of
					 compliance required by Pa.R.A.P. 127.