THE COURTS
Title 210—APPELLATE PROCEDURE
PART I. RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
[ 210 PA. CODE CH. 21 ]
Order Amending Rule 2119 of the Rules of Appellate Procedure; No. 242 Appellate Procedural Rules Doc.
[44 Pa.B. 2510]
[Saturday, April 26, 2014]
Order Per Curiam
And Now, this 14th day of April, 2014, the proposal having been submitted without publication pursuant to Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(a)(3) in the interests of efficient administration:
It Is Ordered, pursuant to Article V, Section 10 of the Constitution of Pennsylvania that Rule 2119 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Appellate Procedure is amended in the following form.
This Order shall be processed in accordance with Pa.R.J.A. No. 103(b), and shall be effective immediately.
Annex A
TITLE 210. APPELLATE PROCEDURE
PART I. RULES OF APPELLATE PROCEDURE
ARTICLE II. APPELLATE PROCEDURE
CHAPTER 21. BRIEFS AND REPRODUCED RECORD
CONTENT OF BRIEFS Rule 2119. Argument.
* * * * * (b) Citations of authorities.—Citations of authorities must set forth the principle for which they are cited. Citations of uncodified statutes shall make reference to the book and page of the Laws of Pennsylvania (Pamphlet Laws) or other official edition, and also to a standard digest, where the statutes may be found. Citations of provisions of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes may be in the form: ''1 Pa.C.S. § 1928 (rule of strict and liberal construction)'' and the official codifications of other jurisdictions may be cited similarly. Quotations from authorities or statutes shall also set forth the pages from which they are taken. Opinions of an appellate court of this or another jurisdiction shall be cited from the National Reporter System, if published therein[, and to the official reports of Pennsylvania appellate courts, if published therein].
* * * * * Official Note: [Based on former Supreme Court Rule 55, former Superior Court Rule 45 and former Commonwealth Court Rule 95. The requirement for parallel citation to the Atlantic Reporter is extended to the Supreme Court and the Common-wealth Court and the related certificate of nonpublication in the official reports has been omitted. The requirement of former Superior Court Rule 45 that a party print in bold face up to three citations under each head chiefly relied upon, has been omitted. Counsel having available the Atlantic Reporter can readily obtain the official citation from cross-reference sheets ordinarily pasted on the flyleaf of each Atlantic Reporter volume; counsel having the official reports available can obtain the Atlantic Reporter citation from cross-references available in Shepard's Pennsylvania Citations—Case Edition or the National Reporter Blue Book.] The 2014 amendment to paragraph (b) eliminated the requirement for parallel citation to the Pennsylvania State Reports, which is the official court reports of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports, which had been the official court reports of the Pennsylvania Superior Court, and the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Reports, which had been the official court reports of the Commonwealth Court.
In some circumstances an appellant may have a right to appellate review of the discretionary aspects of a sentence. See [note to Rule 341 (final orders generally)] Official Note to Pa.R.A.P. 341. In such cases a citation to the controlling authority will suffice for purposes of [Subdivision] paragraph (f).
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 14-871. Filed for public inspection April 25, 2014, 9:00 a.m.]
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