Legal Opinion
Mummau v. Ranck
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 12, 1982No. Civ. A. 80-4811PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
TROUTMAN, District Judge.
The critical question currently before the Court is whether an assistant district attorney may claim the haven that Elrod v. Burns, 427 U.S. 347, 96 S.Ct. 2673, 49 L.Ed.2d 547 (1976), and Branti v. Finkel, 445 U.S. 507, 100 S.Ct. 1287, 63 L.Ed.2d 574 (1980), provide against being fired for political reasons. This issue was expressly left open by the Branti court. Id. at 519, n. 13, 100 S.Ct. at 1295 n.13. Defendants, Ronald Buckwalter, now a Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and Michael Ranck’s predecessor in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Branti v. FinkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Ness v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Donald C. Tomczak v. The City of Chicago, an Illinois Municipal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- Luisa A. De Abadia v. Hon. Luis Izquierdo MoraCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1986
- Esly B. Williams v. City of River Rouge, Daniel Cooney, Michael Bowdler, Danny Stevens, and Charles PratherCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- William Fazio v. City and County of San Francisco Arlo SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Wetzel v. TuckerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
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