ROY v. JONES

No. 72-1737.

484 F.2d 96 (1973)

Samuel T. ROY, Justice of the Peace, et al., Appellants, v. Benjamin R. JONES, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart E. Savage, Karl W. Wiedt, III, Savage, Finkel & Love, Pittsburgh, Pa., for appellants.

Frederick N. Frank, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., J. Shane Creamer, Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellees.

Before KALODNER, ALDISERT and ADAMS, Circuit Judge.


Submitted Under Third Circuit Rule 12(6). May 22, 1973.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ADAMS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants are justices of the peace who were elected, and commissioned by the Governor of Pennsylvania, for a six-year term of office expiring on the first Monday of January, 1974. On May 19, 1971, they were temporarily suspended from office by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania acting upon the recommendation of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board...

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