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William Peterman, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
IFP petition · Superior Court of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia Office, No. 626 MDA 2025 · judgment December 23, 2025
Question presented
n Whether a state license qualifies as a federal license for the purpose of regulatory oversight In the context of 50 states comprising one nation, is a state license a federal license? Does a state agency violate its scope of powers on interstate exchange of consequential information for the satisfaction of its administrative claim? 0 Whether independence is a responsibility, not only a right Does a state have legal capacity and authority to override its own premise of independence, to shirk the natural duties thereof? Do the states have federal authority where a federal authority is absent? If so, then is each state required independently to evaluate such use of authority?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
William Peterman Jr.
For respondent
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Case
Subject area
Federalism (estimated from the questions presented, in the Supreme Court Database’s categories)
Conference history
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Proceedings
- Oct 08 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 16, 2026)