Court Opinion

ID: 9693390
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 16:39:18.386653+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:07:56.649369
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ZAPPALA, Justice,
concurring and dissenting.
I concur in the order insofar as it grants the Petition for Allowance of Appeal. I dissent from the order insofar as it summarily reverses the order of the Superior Court.
*410A petition for allowance of appeal is designed to persuade the Court that a matter is worthy of review. It is not a full presentation of the case. A respondent is not obligated to file a brief in opposition, Pa.RA.P. 1116, and in this case no briefs in opposition were filed. No matter how clear the matter may seem, I think it is both unwise and unfair to decide an issue without affording both parties the opportunity to address the merits in the context of a complete record.