Legal Research: Pennsylvania

Administrative Decisions

While a fair number of Pennsylvania agencies have adjudicatory powers, very few of them publish their decisions. Those that currently do are: the Public Utility Commission, the Environmental Hearing Board, the Department of Education (teacher tenure and special education opinions), the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, the Workmens Compensation Board of Appeals, the Unemployment Compensation Board of Appeals, and the Liquor Control Board. Some of these opinions are published by the state while others are published by commercial concerns, with the commercially published sets generally having better indexing and ease of use.