Legal Opinion
Lincoln Party ex rel. Robinson v. General Assembly
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 10, 1996PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Judge.
On November 3, 1995, the Lincoln Party, an Unincorporated Association, “by Gary Robinson as Trustee Ad Litem,” filed a petition for review with this Court in our original jurisdiction seeking to delay the November 7, 1995 plebiscite on a proposed constitutional amendment to Article I, Section 9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.
The Respondents in the suit are the Attorney General “and the appointed or hired staffs and employees that [sic] had any involvement in this proposed amendment,” the General Assembly, that is, the members of the Senate and the House of Representatives (past…
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