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COM. ex rel. SPECTER v. VIGNOLA

446 Pa. 1 (1971)

Commonwealth, Appellant, ex rel. Specter v. Vignola.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 20, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Israel Packel, Special Assistant Attorney General, with him J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellant.

I. Raymond Kremer, with him James D. Crawford, Assistant District Attorney, and Kremer, Krimsky & Luterman, for appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and BARBIERI, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, December 20, 1971:

On February 8, 1971, Governor Milton J. Shapp appointed Louis E. Vignola as President Judge of the Traffic Court of Philadelphia, just after issuing an Order removing John Patrick Walsh from the office of President Judge of the said Court. The Constitutional validity of this exercise of gubernatorial power of removal and appointment is the narrow but important question here...

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