Pennsylvania Legal Overview: Philadelphia The Philadelphia metropolitan area includes five counties in Pennsylvania, four in New Jersey, and one each in Delaware and Maryland. The five Pennsylvania counties in the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD MSA are Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Montgomery and Philadelphia County. This MSA is a part of the larger Philadelphia-Camden-Vineland, PA-NJ-DE-MD combined statistical area. The CSA, better known as the Delaware Valley, additionally includes the Reading MSA (Berks County, PA) and Vineland MSA (Cumberland County, NJ). Listed below are the main Pennsylvania cities in the Philadelphia metro area.
Top Pennsylvania cities for Legal Issues: Philadelphia
Trending Legal Topics: The Philadelphia Municipal Court also handles misdemeanors, preliminary hearings and cases where the maximum sentence may not exceed five years. Appeals against trial court verdicts must be filed with the Pennsylvania Superior Court. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is the court of last resort. Federal cases in the Philadelphia metro area must be filed with the Philadelphia Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Appeals against federal court verdicts are heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. |