LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS v. DEGRAFFENREID

No. 4 MAP 2021.

265 A.3d 207 (2021)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA and Lorraine Haw v. Veronica DEGRAFFENREID as Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Appeal of: Shameekah Moore, Martin Vickless, Kristin June Irwin and Kelly Williams.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 21, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gopalakrishnan Balachandran, Esq. , Lisa Ann Mathewson, Esq. , The Law Offices of Lisa A. Mathewson, LLC, for Amicus Curiae National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Rodney A. Corey, Esq. , Harrisburg, PA, James Guthrie Mann, Esq. , PA House of Representatives, Jill S. Vecchio, Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Republican Caucus of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

Suzanne V. Estrella, Esq. , Pennslyvania Coalition Against Rape, Tallahassee, FL, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Coalition Against Rape.

Peter David Goldberger, Esq. , Law Office of Peter Goldberger, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Assn of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Howard Greeley Hopkirk, Esq. , Joshua D. Shapiro, Esq. , Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General.

Kenneth Lawson Joel, Esq. , Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus Curiae Tom Wolf

Peter E. Kratsa, Esq. , West Chester, PA, for Amici Curiae Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pennsylvania Assn of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Pennsylvania Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

Kevin Francis McCarthy, Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania District Attorney's Association.

Melissa Bevan Melewsky, Esq. , Harrisburg, PA, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association.

Angela Rowan Monaco, Esq. , Eli Mordecai Segal, Esq. , Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, for Amicus Curiae Juvenile Law Center.

John Francis Stoviak, Esq. , for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvanians for Modern Courts.

Abby Nicole Trovinger, Esq. , Department of Corrections, for Amicus Curiae Office of Victim Advocate.

William R. Christman III, Esq. , West Chester, PA, Scot Russel Withers, Esq. , Lamb McErlane P.C., David Pittinsky, Esq. , Ballard Spahr LLP, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellants Shameekah Moore, Martin Vickless, Kristin June Irwin and Kelly Williams.

Steven Edward Bizar, Esq. , Craig Joseph Castiglia, Esq. , Michael Corcoran, Esq. , Philadelphia, PA, Tiffany Ellen Engsell, Esq. , Michael Hugh McGinley, Esq. , Dechert LLP, Andrew Chapman Christy, Esq. , American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania, League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania and Lorraine Haw.

Michael E. Gehring, Esq. , Philadelphia, PA, Stephen G. Harvey, Esq. , Steve Harvey Law LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Appellee Greenblatt, Ronald L.

Kathleen Marie Kotula, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of State, Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs, for Veronica Degraffenreid.

BAER, C.J., SAYLOR, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

In this direct appeal, we review the Commonwealth Court's entry of a permanent injunction blocking the Secretary of the Commonwealth from certifying the results of the November 5, 2019 election in which the voters of the Commonwealth were asked to approve a proposed "victim's rights amendment...

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