John S. TRINSEY, Jr.
v.
COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Department of State, Board of Elections, the Governor, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Arlen Specter, Anne Anstine, William H. Lamb, Elsie Hillman, Herbert Barness, the Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, Intervenors in DC,
Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, Lawrence J. Yatch, William K. Myrtetus, Don Walko, Billie Jo Herr and Anthony J. May, Intervenors,
Intervenors, Senator Arlen Specter, Anne Anstine, William H. Lamb, Elsie Hillman, Herbert Barness, and the Republican Committee of Pennsylvania, Appellants in No. 91-1490,
Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor Casey and Commonwealth Secretary Christopher A. Lewis, Appellants in No. 91-1491.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued July 15, 1991.
Decided August 6, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Ernest D. Preate, Jr. (argued), Atty. Gen., John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Chief, Litigation Section, Gwendolyn T. Mosley, Sr. Deputy Atty. Gen., Jerome T. Foerster, Deputy Atty. Gen., Office of Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, Pa., for appellant, Com. of Pa.
Gregory E. Dunlap (argued), Ernest R. Closser III, Deputy Gen. Counsel, James J. Haggerty, Gen. Counsel, Richard D. Spiegelman, Executive Deputy Gen. Counsel, Office of Gen. Counsel, Harrisburg, Pa., for appellants, Governor Robert P. Casey, Secretary of the Commonwealth Christopher A. Lewis, and The Dept. of State of the Com. of Pa.
Mark A. Klugheit (argued), Martin J. Black, Abigail R. Simkus, Laura Aldir-Hernandez, Dechert Price & Rhoads, Arlen Specter (argued), Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenors-appellants, Arlen Specter, William H. Lamb, Elsie Hillman, and Herbert Barness.
William M. Doran, Thomas B. Kenworthy, Andrew D. Leipold, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for intervenors-appellants, The Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania and Anne B. Anstine.
Karen M. Balaban, Joseph C. Kohn, Harrisburg, Pa., for intervenors, Pennsylvania Democratic State Committee, Lawrence J. Yatch, William K. Myrtetus, Don Walko, Billie Joe Herr and Anthony J. May.
Thomas A. Allen, Gale White (Frederick L. Voigt, Hal Fichandler, of counsel), White and Williams, Philadelphia, Pa., amicus curiae, The Committee of Seventy.
John S. Trinsey, Jr., pro se.
Laura E. Little (argued), Philadelphia, Pa., amicus curiae appointed by the court.
Before SLOVITER, Chief Judge, GREENBERG and SEITZ, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
SLOVITER, Chief Judge.
I.
Facts and Procedural History
John Heinz, a United States Senator from Pennsylvania, died on April 4, 1991 in an airplane accident. A Pennsylvania statute, 25 Pa.Stat.Ann. § 2776 (Purdon 1991), sets forth the procedure which should be applied to fill a senatorial vacancy. That statute provides, inter alia, that the Senator's unexpired term is to be filled by a special election...
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