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BRENNAN v. HAINES

Nos. 71-1503 to 71-1505.

455 F.2d 943 (1972)

Dolores BRENNAN et al., Appellant, v. George R. HAINES et al. Appeal of Anne E. LONERMAN, Appellant in No. 71-1504. Appeal of William JONES, Appellant in No. 71-1505.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided February 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mitchell A. Kramer, Philadelphia, Pa. (Robert M. Britton, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellants.

Daniel B. Michie, Jr., Fell, Spalding, Goff & Rubin, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees.

Before SEITZ, Chief Judge, and KALODNER and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from an order of a single judge of the district court dismissing appellants' complaint with prejudice. The complaint, invoking jurisdiction under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, asserts that a Pennsylvania statute violates the Fourteenth Amendment.

The facts focus on the election procedures applicable to filling vacancies on the Board of Commissioners of Abington Township, Pennsylvania. Abington, a township...

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