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HETHERINGTON v. McHALE et al.

458 Pa. 479 (1974)

Hetherington v. McHale et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

November 22, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Larry Silver, Deputy Attorney General, with him Israel Packel, Attorney General, for appellants.

K.L. Shirk, Jr., with him Shirk, Reist and Buckwalter, for appellees.

Edward C. Hussie and Stephen C. MacNett, for amicus curiae.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, November 22, 1974:

In these appeals from the Commonwealth Court, we are called upon to determine the constitutionality of a statute which grants to three private organizations absolute authority to designate a controlling number of the members of a Commonwealth committee responsible for the disbursement of substantial public funds. The Commonwealth Court determined that the statute is valid. Because we conclude that the power to appoint...

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