Clair D. v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1986
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1 state decisions
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Applies 5 U.S.C. § 504 (Equal Access to Justice Act)
Relies on Commonwealth v. Driscoll · Commonwealth v. Baker · 82 Pa. Commw. 612 - Lehotzky v. Commonwealth · Arbuckle v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of Review
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“We are, of course, constrained to construe statutory language according to its common and approved usage. 1 Pa. C. S. §1903(a). Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary (1983) defines initiate as ‘to cause or facilitate the beginning of.’ We fail to see how the Department ‘caused or facilitated the beginning of’ this adjudication. We believe that petitioners began this action in their private request for revision directed at the Department.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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