Legal Opinion · Dissent

Larsen v. Kaufmann

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 28, 1990Published

1DissentPapadakos, Justice

Petitioner, Mr. Justice Rolf Larsen, has filed a Petition for a Writ of Prohibition and a Complaint in Quo Warranto with respect to the proper composition of, and procedures to be followed by, the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board, which has commenced proceedings against him. Three members of this Court have taken the position that the matters raised in this Petition are interlocutory and not to be considered at this time. Since this creates an equally divided court, the Petition is being denied.

Because of the stance taken by three members of this six-man court that the Judicial Inquiry and…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Roche v. Evaporated Milk Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
  2. Morgan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
  3. United States Alkali Export Ass'n v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
  4. McNair's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  5. Carpentertown Coal & Coke Co. v. LairdSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1948

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