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David A. Romanoski v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, et al.
Paid petition · Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, No. 663 C.D. 2024 · judgment August 7, 2025
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate: the model weighted this down for a self-represented petitioner.
Questions presented
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Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment is violated when a state administrative agency resolves a case on a dispositive factual premise not developed through an evidentiary process, rejects contrary evidence without a hearing, and denies a party a meaningful opportunity to be heard.
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Whether due process is violated when a state appellate court affirms on a ground not raised or litigated by the parties, without notice or an opportunity to be heard.
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Whether due process is violated when a state agency alters its position on appeal and prevails on shifting and inconsistent grounds not subject to adversarial testing.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David A. Romanoski
For respondent
Guy P. Beneventano
Dauphin County Solicitor's Office
Case
Subject area
Due Process (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Order
Order list, October 5, 2026 · Certiorari denied
Proceedings
- Oct 05 2026Petition DENIED.
- Aug 12 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/28/2026.
- Aug 12 2026Waiver of right of respondent County of Dauphin, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
- Aug 05 2026Reply of petitioner David A. Romanoski filed.
- Jul 29 2026Brief of respondent Norfolk Southern Railway Company in opposition filed.
- Jul 15 2026Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation to respond filed.
- Apr 03 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 3, 2026)