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DONATELLI v. MITCHELL

No. 93-1293.

2 F.3d 508 (1993)

Guy A. DONATELLI; Michelle M. Harman; Scott Richert; Keith Gross; George Miller; Raymond Pierson; Harry P. Ross; Harvey Eck, Appellants, v. Brenda K. MITCHELL; William Boehm; Frank A. Pecora; John M. Perzel; Robert J. Cindrich; Allen G. Kukovich; F. Joseph Loeper; Robert J. Mellow; J. William Lincoln; Robert C. Jubelirer, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided August 13, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael M. Baylson (argued), Gerald F. McCormick, Emily H. Hoechst, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, Philadelphia, PA, and Douglas B. MacBeth, Chester Springs, PA, for appellants.

James J. Haggerty, Gen. Counsel and Gregory E. Dunlap (argued), Deputy Gen. Counsel, Office of Gen. Counsel, Com. of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA, for appellees Brenda K. Mitchell and William P. Boehm.

Patrick C. O'Donnell (argued), O'Donnell & Wright, West Chester, PA, for appellee Frank A. Pecora.

Mark S. Melodia, W. Thomas McGough, Jr., Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA and Don A. Innamorato, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees John M. Perzel and Robert J. Cindrich.

Annetta Foster Givhan and Gregory M. Harvey, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees Allen G. Kukovich, Robert J. Mellow and J. William Lincoln.

John P. Krill, Jr. (argued), Linda J. Shorey and Craig P. Wilson, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Harrisburg, PA, for appellees F. Joseph Loeper and Robert C. Jubelirer.

Before: BECKER, ALITO and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

EDWARD R. BECKER, Circuit Judge.

Eight voters who reside in the newly created 44th state senatorial district in eastern Pennsylvania brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging a violation of the Equal Protection Clause. They claim that the 1991 Pennsylvania Reapportionment Plan, and the consequent "assignment" of Senator Frank Pecora (who was elected to the Senate in 1990 from the old 44th district located in western Pennsylvania...

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