Rogers v. TUCKER

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell,

On March 29, 1971, the Court entered the following Order: Judgment and Decree of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania affirmed; Opinion to follow.

This case raises a difficult but very important Constitutional question: what is the date of election for the vacancy on the Commonwealth Court which was created by and occurred at the resignation of Judge Alexander F. Barbieri?

Judge Theodore O. Rogers was appointed by Governor Raymond P. Shafer on January Jf, 1971, to fill the vacancy on the Commonwealth Court which was created by the resignation of Judge Barbieri…