Legal Opinion
Firing v. Kephart
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 17, 1976No. 444PublishedCited by 167 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Justice.
In November, 1969, Herbert L. Firing, plaintiff-appellant in this action, was reelected District Justice of the Peace for Magisterial District 38-2-01, and in January, 1970, he began to serve his new term. His seventieth birthday occurring on September 29, 1973, however, he was mandatorily retired, as required by Article V, Section 16(b) of the Pennsylvania Constitution. He subsequently filed a complaint in mandamus in the Commonwealth Court against the State Court Administrator and the Treasurer of the Commonwealth alleging that he had been elected to a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Schott v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Hyam v. Upper Montgomery Joint AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Commonwealth v. HoweSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
- Creamer v. Twelve Common Pleas JudgesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Attorney General v. BeamishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
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3Cited by167 opinions
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