Legal Question in Landlord & Tenant Law in Pennsylvania
I have in an appeal on a landlord tenant suit. I now need to file with the Supreme Court. I am the tenant and live in Pa. I understand it must be done right or will be rejected. Could you please give the rules? I cannot afford an attorney and am disabled. Thank you.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Based on this I assume you have had your appeals heard in both Common Pleas and Superior Court. I will also assume that you lost both of those appeals.
This appeal will be different first unlike your prior appeals it is NOT an appeal of right. That is you just don't file the appeal and wait for the Supreme Court to give you a court date,
First you have to petition the Supreme Court to hear your case. For the Supreme Court to accept your case you need to show more than some lower court got it wrong. That was the Superior Court's job. They look at policy that is how the law should be interpreted.
your odds of getting past this step are extremely long. The Supreme Court hears about 80 cases a year. That's out of 100s of petitions. Even if you had an experienced lawyer your chance don't improve by much.
Just to get a petition in there are lots of costs beyond a lawyer. Filing fees, copying costs and so forth you can find the Supreme Court Rules online.
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