GALLAS v. SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA

No. 98-2138.

211 F.3d 760 (2000)

Geoff GALLAS v. The SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA; The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania; Democratic City Committee; The Philadelphia Chapter of the Teamsters Union Teamsters Local 115; Does 1-100; Robert N.C. Nix, Jr., Honorable, in his official capacity as Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; John P. Flaherty, Jr., Honorable, in his official capacity as Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Stephen A. Zappala, Honorable, individually and in his official capacity as Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Ralph J. Cappy, Honorable, individually and in his official capacity as Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Ronald D. Castille, Honorable, in his official capacity as Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Russell M. Nigro, Honorable, individually and in his official capacity as Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Sandra Schultz Newman, Honorable, in her official capacity as Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania; Nancy Sobolevitch, individually and in her official capacity as Court Administrator of Pennsylvania; Alex Bonavitacola, Honorable, individually and in his official capacity as President Judge, Court of Common Pleas; Esther Sylvester, Honorable, individually and in her official capacity as Judge, Court of Common Pleas Family Division; Vincent Fumo, Honorable, individually and in his official capacity as Pennsylvania State Senator; Joseph DiPrimio, individually and in his official capacity as Deputy Court Administrator Family Division, Domestic Relations Branch; Robert Brady, individually and in his official capacity as Chairman, Democratic City Committee; John Morris, individually and in his official capacity as Secretary-Treasurer of Teamsters Local Union No. 115 Geoff Gallas, Appellant

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed May 5, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn J. Brown, Quakertown, PA, Peter G. Friesen (argued), San Diego, CA, for Appellant.

William H. Lamb (argued), William P. Mahon, Lamb, Windle & McErlane, P.C., West Chester, PA, for Appellees Honorable Ralph J. Cappy, Honorable Stephen A. Zappala, Honorable Russell M. Nigro, and Nancy Sobolevitch.

Alan J. Davis (argued), Burt M. Rublin, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Honorable Russell M. Nigro.

James E. Beasley (argued), David A. Yanoff, Beasley, Casey & Erbstein, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees The First Judicial District of Pennsylvania, Honorable Alex Bonavitacola, Honorable Esther Sylvester, and Joseph DiPrimio.

Richard A. Sprague (argued), Geoffrey R. Johnson, Sprague & Sprague, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Vincent J. Fumo.

Gabriel L.I. Bevilacqua, Stephen M. Donweber, Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees Robert Brady and the Democratic City Committee.

Before: MANSMANN, GREENBERG, and ALARCON, Circuit Judges


OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

This matter comes on before this court on appeal from various orders of the district court dismissing appellant Geoff Gallas' claims arising under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Pennsylvania common law. Gallas brought this action against various defendants, including the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and several of its justices, principally alleging that they terminated him from his position...

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