FARKAS v. THORNBURGH

Civ. A. No. 80-0241.

493 F.Supp. 1168 (1980)

Andrew A. FARKAS, Anthony J. Rotondi, Frank P. Enea, James S. Bailoni, Anthony J. Ciarelli, Paul H. Goodemote, Thomas A. Coco, Thomas K. Friel, John C. Hammerle, Charles L. Domson, Edward J. Sparaga, John Milliron, Harold A. Smith v. Richard THORNBURGH, Individually and in his capacity as Governor of Pennsylvania, Howard A. Cohen, Individually and in his capacity as Secretary of Revenue for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Marilyn W. Strode, Individually and in her capacity as Chairperson of the Lancaster County Republican Committee, and the Lancaster County Republican Committee, Betty Gardner, Individually and in her capacity as Chairperson of the Lycoming County Republican Committee, and the Lycoming County Republican Committee.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

June 12, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel H. Shertzer, Lancaster, Pa., for plaintiffs.

W. J. Taylor, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for Governor and Secy. Revenue.

Michael Perezous, Lancaster, Pa., for Strode and Lancaster Co. Republican Committee.

Robert J. Wollet, Williamsport, Pa., for Gardner and Lycoming Republican Committee.


MEMORANDUM

TROUTMAN, District Judge.

Orating to the United States Senate early in 1832, William Learned Marcy1 of New York quipped "To the victors belong the spoils of the enemy!".2 Unwittingly, he captured in this ben trovato apostrophe the common misunderstanding of the practice of patronage,3 which Thomas Jefferson, a Republican,4

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