Pennsylvania Bankers Assn. v. Department of Banking -Pa. Supreme Court - June 16, 2008
majority http://www.courts.state.pa.us/OpPosting/Supreme/out/J-31A&B-2008mo.pdf
concurring http://www.courts.state.pa.us/OpPosting/Supreme/out/J-31A&B-2008co.pdf
An order granting some and denying other of defendant's preliminary objections in plaintiff's declaratory judgment action held to be interlocutory and not a final order subject to appeal.
- As a general rule, where a plaintiff files a multi-count complaint setting forth alternative theories of recovery, an order dismissing less than all of the claim is considered to be interlocutory, because the plaintiff may still pursue the merits of the case based on another theory.
- A final order under PaRAP 341(b)(1) is one that disposes of all claims and all parties
- The plaintiff filed a multi-count complaint which raised alternative constitutional theories of relief
- The lower court's granting of POs resulted in dismissal of some but not all of plaintiff's claims
- The lower court's order did not result in the the dismissal of any parties
- The lower court order did not end the litigation against any party but merely narrowed the scope of the plaintiff's case
- Under its remaining claims, plaintiff might still obtain the relief it is seeking
