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MEZVINSKY v. DAVIS

500 Pa. 564 (1983)

459 A.2d 307

Edward M. MEZVINSKY, Petitioner, v. William R. DAVIS, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Richard Anderson, Commissioner of the Bureau of Elections, Commissions and Legislation for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 26, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen M. Balaban, Harrisburg, A. Richard Gerber, Penllyn, Nancy J. Hopkins, Oreland, for petitioner.

LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Atty. Gen., Mollie McCurdy, Deputy Atty. Gen., for respondents.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 726 (1981), we assumed extraordinary jurisdiction of this petition for review brought by Edward M. Mezvinsky in the Commonwealth Court. Petitioner challenges the constitutionality of the limited voting provision of 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 3133 (1981) as in derogation of his constitutional right as an elector to elect the judges of the Commonwealth Court.

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