PennDot V. Klein ( Appeal Docket 0111 Middle District 1998) Appeal from Common Pleas Court ruling that sheriff's have no authority to enforce the motor vehicle code.

PennDot V. Klein (Supreme Court No 111 M.D. Appeal Docket 1998) Decided 12/22/1999, Appeal from Commonwealth court reversing the Commonwealth Court's finding and affirming the sheriff's authority to enforce the motor vehicle code. (Adobe .PDF document)

Miller V. Klunk Affirms sheriff's authority to investigate crime.

Commonwealth V. Leet Affirms a sheriff's authority to enforce the motor vehicle code.

Commonwealth V. Lyons Affims a sheriff's authority to preserve the peace and arrest law violators.

Commonwealth V. Lockridge Affirms a sheriff's authority to issue motor vehicle citation for an act not committed in officer's presence. (Adobe .PDF document.)

Commonwealth V. Cory Dobbins Cory Dobbins was convicted of various drug offenses centered on the activity of a methamphetamine lab. He complains the investigation, procurement of a search warrant and arrest were illegal because those activities were carried out by officers of the sheriff’s department of Bradford County, rather than by police officers.

Commonwealth V. James Love Affirms a sheriff's (and a deputy sheriff's) status as law enforcement officers with the authority to make arrests.