Legal Opinion
Butcher v. Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 12, 1955No. Appeal, 238PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,
Vital to the proper disposition of this case is the chronology of the events which gave rise to it: November 6,1951, The City-County Consolidation Amendment to the Constitution was adopted by the electorate. January 7, 1952, The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter became effective. January 7, 1952, Supplemental Emergency Regulation “B” was adopted by the Civil Service Commission. February 4, 1952, Action was instituted in the case of Carrow v. Philadelphia. June 24, 1952, this Court handed down its decision in the Carrow case (371 Pa. 255, 89 A. 2d 496).…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Chicot County Drainage District v. Baxter State BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- National Labor Relations Board v. Rockaway News Supply Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Lennox v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Carrow v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
- JA Dougherty's Sons v. Commissioner of Internal Rev.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
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3Cited by8 opinions
- McSparran v. WeistCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1968
- The Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery Corporation, the Hanover Shoe, Inc. v. United Shoe MacHinery CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967
- Gaul v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- O'DONNELL v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Mortimer v. Philadelphia Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
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