Legal Opinion
Dwyer v. Dilworth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 17, 1958No. Appeal, 364PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Cohen,
In Lennox v. Clark, 372 Pa. 355, 93 A. 2d 834 (1953) we held that the Office of the Clerk of the Courts of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions of the Peace of Philadelphia County became a city office under the City-County Consolidation Amendment, 1 and subject to the civil service provisions of the Home Rule Charter. In making this determination we reasoned that the Constitution established the clerk of quarter sessions as a county officer, 2 and since control of this office was not assigned to the judiciary by virtue of Article Y of the Constitution, 3 no…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Doremus v. Board of Ed. of HawthorneSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Leahey v. FarrellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Lennox v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Hammond v. LancasterCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1950
- Knowles's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Wm. Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Daly v. HemphillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Housing Authority of Chester v. Pennsylvania State Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. BellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Specter v. MoakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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