In re REAPPORTIONMENT PLAN FOR the PENNSYLVANIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY filed by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission, October 13, 1981.
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Argued December 7, 1981.
Decided December 29, 1981.
Reargument Denied January 18 and January 29, 1982.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Larry B. Selkowitz, Camp Hill, Andrew S. Ross, Harrisburg, for Common Cause et al. in No. 118.
John H. Broujos, Carlisle, for William P. Feuchtenberger et al. in No. 119.
James W. Dunn, Jr., Pittsburgh, for J. Howard Womsley et al. in No. 333.
Samuel J. Reich, Terry L. Jordan, Pittsburgh, for Edward E. Stevens, etc., et al. in No. 331.
John R. Luke, Pittsburgh, for Samuel L. McPherson, etc., in No. 337.
Donald R. Walko, Jr., Pittsburgh, for Michael Dawida in No. 339; Michael Dawida, in pro. per.
Donald Lee, Pittsburgh, for John R. Bonassi et al. in No. 342.
George Pott, in pro. per.
Larry B. Selkowitz, Camp Hill, for Borough of Wesleyville in No. 346.
Timothy P. O'Reilly, Pittsburgh, for Borough of Glassport in No. 347.
James M. Burd, in pro. per.
Jeffrey L. Pettit, Perrin C. Hamilton, Philadelphia, for Richard A. Filghman in No. 535.
Harvey Bartle, III, Harrisburg, for Kathleen Brescia, etc., in No. 542.
Peter C. Paul, Philadelphia, for Chestnut Hill Community Ass'n et al. in No. 556.
Louis W. Fryman, William A. Meehan, Philadelphia, for Republican City Committee of Philadelphia, etc., et al. in No. 558.
James L.J. Pie, in pro. per., for Committee to Save the 189th Legislative Dist. et al. in No. 584.
P. Stephan Lerario, Philadelphia, for Mark Cohen et al. in No. 588.
Robert E. Paul, in pro. per.
Edward V. Schulgen, Philadelphia, for Committee for Fair Reapportionment, etc., in No. 594.
Ralph David Samuel, Philadelphia, for West. Mt. Airy Neighbors, Inc., in No. 595.
Robert J. Mulligan, Jr., Harrisburg, for Wilfredo P. Rojas et al. in No. 597.
Peter J. Rohana, Jr., Springfield, for Ridley Tp. et al. in No. 599.
William T. Smith, Harrisburg, Joseph McKenna, Pottsville, for Schuylkill County Republican Organization et al. in No. 601.
Gregory M. Harvey, Philadelphia, for Philip Price, Jr., et al. in No. 602.
Gregory M. Harvey, Philadelphia, Robert Sullivan, Jr., Lebanon, for Charles D. Snelling in No. 605.
John L. Butler in pro. per.
Paul E. Holl, Lansdale, for Edwin G. Holl, etc., in No. 607.
Thomas N. O'Neill, Jr., Philadelphia, for Legislative Reapportionment Commission.
Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
These are consolidated appeals from the Final Legislative Reapportionment Plan, which was filed by the Pennsylvania Legislative Reapportionment Commission on October 13, 1981. For the reasons set forth, we hold that the reapportionment plan complies with all of the requirements of the United States Constitution and the Constitution of this Commonwealth.
The plan challenged on these appeals is the second reapportionment...
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