Legal Opinion
Petition of Hughes
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 15, 1987No. 357 E.D. Allocatur Docket 1987Published
1Opinion of the Court
516 Pa. 90 (1987)
532 A.2d 298
In re Petition of Patricia A. HUGHES.
In re Petition of Harry P. JANNOTTI.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued May 15, 1987.
Decided October 15, 1987.
Mark Jurikson, Philadelphia, for petitioner.
John W. Morris, Philadelphia, for respondent.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.
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…
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2Cases cited35 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
- Government of the Virgin Islands v. Schiller TotoCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1976
- MacKin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- 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
- People Ex Rel. Keenan v. McGuaneIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
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