Thiemann v. Thornburgh

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Thiemann v. Thornburgh

400 A.2d 660, 42 Pa. Commw. 16, 1979 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 1445

CourtCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

DecidedApril 12, 1979

DocketNo. 592 C.D. 1979

StatusPublished

Cited by2 cases

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Thiemann v. Thornburgh, 400 A.2d 660, 42 Pa. Commw. 16, 1979 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 1445 (Pa. Ct. App. 1979).

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Memorandum Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

By petition for review in the nature of mandamus and declaratory judgment filed March 19, 1979, petitioner, Dennis E. Thiemann, as a qualified elector, seeks a declaration by this Court with appropriate relief that the election of the successor to the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania whose elective term expires on the first Monday of January, 1981, be conducted in this municipal election year 1979, with the successful candidate to the office of Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to be commissioned and to assume office on the date of the expiration of the term of the elective office of the present Chief Justice.

Prior to the filing of this cause of action, we had specially fixed argument for March 20, 1979, in the case of Barbieri v. Thornburgh, No. 394 C.D. 1979. The cases were consolidated for argument and oral argument was heard on March 20, 1979. An Order was is[18]*18sued in this case and the companion case on March 26, 1979 (Judge Crumlish, Jr. dissenting) with the notation that an opinion would follow.

An opinion is being handed down today in the companion case of Barbieri v. Thornburgh, No. 394 C.D. 1979, which discusses and resolves the issue raised in this case as one of the several alternative solutions to the issues raised in that case. It shall, therefore, to the extent applicable constitute our opinion in this case in support of the Order heretofore issued.

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Now, March 26, 1979, the petition for review in the nature of mandamus and for declaratory judgment, in which the relief sought is to declare that the vacancy to be created on the first Monday of January, 1981, resulting from the expiration of the term of Chief Justice Michael J. Eagen is to be filled by the 1979 primary and municipal election process and directing respondents to so notify election officials and take all other steps necessary to effectuate the same, is hereby dismissed.

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Memorandum Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

By petition for review in the nature of mandamus and declaratory judgment filed March 19, 1979, petitioner, Dennis E. Thiemann, as a qualified elector, seeks a declaration by this Court with appropriate relief that the election of the successor to the Chief Justice of Pennsylvania whose elective term expires on the first Monday of January, 1981, be conducted in this municipal election year 1979, with the successful candidate to the office of Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania to be commissioned and to assume office on the date of the expiration of the term of the elective office of the present Chief Justice.

Prior to the filing of this cause of action, we had specially fixed argument for March 20, 1979, in the case of Barbieri v. Thornburgh, No. 394 C.D. 1979. The cases were consolidated for argument and oral argument was heard on March 20, 1979. An Order was is[18]*18sued in this case and the companion case on March 26, 1979 (Judge Crumlish, Jr. dissenting) with the notation that an opinion would follow.

An opinion is being handed down today in the companion case of Barbieri v. Thornburgh, No. 394 C.D. 1979, which discusses and resolves the issue raised in this case as one of the several alternative solutions to the issues raised in that case. It shall, therefore, to the extent applicable constitute our opinion in this case in support of the Order heretofore issued.

Per Curiam

Order

Now, March 26, 1979, the petition for review in the nature of mandamus and for declaratory judgment, in which the relief sought is to declare that the vacancy to be created on the first Monday of January, 1981, resulting from the expiration of the term of Chief Justice Michael J. Eagen is to be filled by the 1979 primary and municipal election process and directing respondents to so notify election officials and take all other steps necessary to effectuate the same, is hereby dismissed.

Opinion to follow.

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