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answered on Oct 25, 2015
More facts are needed to answer your question. Go see a local private criminal defense attorney about this.
what law takes precedence if a PA state law conflicts with a ALJ ruling
answered on May 10, 2014
You do not provide enough detail. An ALJ is an administrative law judge. These usually handled federal cases, like Social Security. In such case, the ALJ would be deciding matters of federal law not state law and there would be no conflict.
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answered on Jun 3, 2012
No. A decision made in one Circuit is only binding on the lower courts in the same Circuits, not the courts in other Circuits. There are frequent cases when one Circuit interprets the same law in one way and another Circuit makes the completely opposite interpretation. This is regularly referred... View More
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