Legal Opinion
Butcher v. Rice
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1959No. Appeal, 27PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Chief Justice Jones,
The plaintiffs, Harry X. Butcher, Samuel H. Rosenberg and Frank W. Dressier, as citizens, electors and taxpayers of the City and County of Philadelphia and residents respectively in the County’s Fourth, Sixth and Eighth Senatorial Districts, instituted this suit in equity in the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County in an effort to enjoin the Secretary of the Commonwealth from certifying candidates or holding elections for the office of State Senator from the Philadelphia districts, on the ground that the Apportionment Act of May 10, 1921, P. L. 449, as…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Colegrove v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- MacDougall v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Ekern v. McGovernWisconsin Supreme Court · 1913
- South v. PetersSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Wood v. BroomSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Zeigenfuse v. BoltzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Costello v. RiceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Butcher v. Trimarchi, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Dauphin County1962
- Opinion to the GovernorSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1962
- Butcher v. RiceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
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