COMMON CAUSE OF PENNSYLVANIA; The League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania; Representative Gregory Vitali; Tim Potts; Carl H. Silverman; William R. Koch; H. William McIntyre, Appellants
v.
Commonwealth of PENNSYLVANIA; Edward G. Rendell, Governor; Robert P. Casey III; David G. Argall; David J. Brightbill; H. William DeWeese; Robert C. Jubelirer; Robert J. Mellow; John M. Perzel; Samuel H. Smith; Michael Veon; Ralph J. Cappy.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
February 26, 2009.
February 26, 2009.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Eric B. Schnurer, Esq. (Argued), West Chester, PA, and Paul A. Rossi, Esq., Mountville, PA, for Appellants.
Mark A. Aronchick, Esq., Wendy Beetlestone, Esq., Hangley Aronchick Segal & Pudlin, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Edward G. Rendell.
C. Clark Hodgson, Jr., Esq., Jonathon F. Bloom, Esq., Thomas W. Dymek, Esq., Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellees David G. Argall, H. William DeWeese, John M. Perzel, Samuel H. Smith, and Michael R. Veon.
John P. Krill, Jr., Esq. (Argued), Linda J. Shorey, Esq., Amy L. Groff, Esq., Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis, Harrisburg, PA, for Appellees David Brightbill and Robert C. Jubelirer.
James F. Tierney IV, Esq., Patrick Heffron, Esq., Eugene F. Hickey II, Esq., Cipriani & Werner, Scranton, PA, for Appellee Robert J. Mellow.
Arlin M. Adams, Esq. (Argued), Paul H. Titus, Esq., Bruce P. Merenstein, Esq., Schnader Harrison Segal & Lewis, Philadelphia, PA, and Howard M. Holmes, Chief Legal Counsel, Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Ralph J. Cappy.
Before: FLAUM, EBEL and LEVAL, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal stems from litigation challenging a short-lived Pennsylvania statute ("Act 44") that increased salaries for state legislators, executive officials and state judges. Plaintiffs are Pennsylvania citizens, a state representative and two organizations—Common Cause and the League of Women Voters. They sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its governor and...
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