Legal Opinion
Petition of Hughes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 15, 1987No. 357 E.D. Allocatur Docket 1987PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
The fundamental question raised by this case is whether Article II, Section 7 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which prohibits those who have been convicted of “infamous crimes” from holding public office in Pennsylvania, should be applied to bar the election of a candidate for public office who was convicted in federal court of conspiracy to obstruct interstate commerce in violation of the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1951(a). For the reasons that follow, we hold that it does.
Harry Jannotti was a member of Philadelphia City Council during 1980, when the FBI…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States of America, in No. 81-1020 v. Jannotti, Harry P. United States of America, in No. 81-1021 v. Schwartz, George XCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- United States v. Jannotti, Harry P. Schwartz, George X. Appeal of Harry P. Jannotti, in No. 83-1093. Appeal of George X. Schwartz, in No. 83-1094Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
- In re GreenbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- United States v. JannottiDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. McClenachan v. ReadingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
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3Cited by31 opinions
- United States v. James A. EssigCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Baldwin v. RichardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Corbett v. GriffinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- In Re BraigSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Shiomos v. STATE EMP. RETIREMENT BD.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
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