Sprague v. Casey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Sprague v. Casey, 519 Pa. 313 (Pa. 1988)
548 A.2d 249; 1988 Pa. LEXIS 251
Consideration, Flaherty, Larsen, McDermott, Nix, Papadakos, Stout, Zappala
Sprague v. Casey
Opinion of the Court
ORDER
AND NOW, this 27th day of September, 1988, the Court having assumed plenary jurisdiction and heard oral argument, the Respondents’ preliminary objections are denied; the Petitioner’s Application for Summary Relief is granted. The Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is hereby directed to remove from the ballot in the General Election of 1988 the offices of Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania and Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania. See the dissenting opinion of Justice (now Chief
Opinion to follow.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Richard A. SPRAGUE, in his capacities as attorney at law in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, taxpayer in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and citizen of and duly registered voter in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Robert P. CASEY, in his official capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and James J. Haggerty, in his official capacity as Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and William Boehm, in his official capacity as Commissioner of the Bureau of Legislation, Commissions and Elections, and Allen Ertel, in his capacity as Democratic Party nominee for the office of Justice of Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and Anita B. Brody, in her capacity as Republican Party nominee for the office of Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, and Walter M. Cohen, in his capacity as Republican Party nominee for the office of Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania, and Catherine Ford-Elliot, in her capacity as Democratic Party nominee for the office of Judge of the Superior Court of Pennsylvania
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- Published