Sprague v. Casey

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 27, 1988

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · decided 1988-09-27

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently December 1988

2 state decisions

Relies on Cavanaugh v. Davis

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Decided 1988-09-27

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¶1ORDER

PER CURIAM.

¶2AND 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 *315Justice) Nix in Cavanaugh v. Davis, 497 Pa. 351, 440 A.2d 1380 (1982).

¶3Opinion to follow.

STOUT, J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.