LARSEN v. SENATE OF THE COM. OF PENNSYLVANIA

Civil Action No. 1:CV-95-1540.

955 F.Supp. 1549 (1997)

Rolf LARSEN, Plaintiff, v. SENATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania.

February 28, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cletus P. Lyman, Lyman & Ash, Philadelphia, PA, Michael Steven Fettner, Philadelphia, PA, for Rolf Larsen.

Arlin M. Adams, Schnader, Harrison, Segal and Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, Morey M. Myers, Myers, Brier & Kelly, Scranton, PA, Michael J. Barry, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Roy C. Afflerbach, Anthony B. Andrezeski, Gibson E. Armstrong, Earl Baker, Albert V. Belan, Clarence D. Bell, Leonard J. Bodack, Individual Senators.

Morey M. Myers, Myers, Brier & Kelly, Scranton, PA, for Michael E. Bortner.

Arlin M. Adams, Schnader, Harrison, Segal and Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, Morey M. Myers, Myers, Brier & Kelly, Scranton, PA, Michael J. Barry, Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for David J. Brightbill, J. Doyle Corman, Michael M. Dawida, Michael B. Fisher, Vincent J. Fumo, Stewart J. Greenleaf, Melissa A. Hart, David W. Heckler, Edward W. Helfrick, Edwin G. Holl, Roxanne H. Jones, Robert C. Jubelirer, Gerald J. LaValle, Charles D. Lemmond, Jr., H. Craig Lewis, J. William Lincoln, F. Joseph Loeper, Roger A. Madigan, Bruce S. Marks, Robert J. Mellow, Harold F. Mowery, Jr., Raphael J. Musto, Michael A. O'Pake, Frank A. Pecora, John E. Peterson, Eugene E. Porterfield, Terry L. Punt, Jeanette F. Reibman, James J. Rhoades, Robert D. Robbins, Frank A. Salvatore, Allyson Y. Schwartz, Tim Shaffer, John J. Shumaker, Patrick J. Stapleton, William J. Stewart, J. Barry Stout, Richard A. Tilghman, Jack Wagner, Noah W. Wenger, Hardy Williams.

Arlin M. Adams, Michael J. Barry, Schnader, Harrison, Segal and Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, for Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Robert Nix, John Flaherty, Stephen Zappala, Nicholas Papadakos, Ralph Cappy, Frank Montemuro, Ronald Castille.

James J. Kutz, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Harrisburg, PA, LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, Harrisburg, PA, for Joseph F. McCloskey, William F. Burns, Dawson R. Muth, Peter DePaul, Carol K. McGinley, Christine L. Donohue, Justin M. Johnson, William Cassenbaum, for Judicial Conduct Board.

W. Thomas McGough, Jr., Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA, Pamina G. Ewing, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA, for Joseph A. Del Sole.

Pamina G. Ewing, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA, for Arthur J. Edmunds.

W. Thomas McGough, Jr., Pamina G. Ewing, Reed Smith Shaw & McClay, Pittsburgh, PA, for Diane M. Edmundson, Gerard P. Egan, John W. Herron, Frederick Wells Hill, Matthew Anita MacDonald, Gerald J. O'Connor, Andrew Palm, Charles W. Rubendall, II, James E. Russo, Bernard C. Watson, William J. Arbuckle, III, Bruce A. Antkowials, Thomas A. Bergstrom.

Arthur G. Raynes, Raynes, McCarty, Binder, Ross & Mundy, Philadelphia, PA, for Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Nancy M. Sobolevtich, David A. Frankforter.


MEMORANDUM

RAMBO, Chief Judge.

I. Introduction

Before the court is a plethora of motions. There are four separate motions to dismiss filed on behalf of: (1) Defendants Senate of Pennsylvania and the individual Senators, (2) Defendants Judicial Conduct Board ("JCB") and individual Judicial Conduct Board members, (3) Defendants Court of Judicial Discipline ("CJD") and its individual...

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