Legal Opinion
Samuel T. Roy, Justice of the Peace v. Benjamin R. Jones, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 28, 1973No. 72-1737PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ADAMS, Circuit Judge.
Appellants are justices of the peace who were elected, and commissioned by the Governor of Pennsylvania, for a six-year term of office expiring on the first Monday of January, 1974. On May 19, 1971, they were temporarily suspended from office by the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania acting upon the recommendation of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board.1 The apparent cause for the temporary suspensions was an alleged violation by appellants of Rule 2, subd. A of The Rules of Conduct, Office Standards and Civil Procedure for Justices of the Peace, which…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Younger v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Railroad Comm'n of Tex. v. Pullman Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Burford v. Sun Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1943
- England v. Louisiana State Board of Medical ExaminersSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by41 opinions
- New Jersey Education Ass'n v. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
- Gail Sylvander v. New England Home for Little WanderersCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Lamb Enterprises, Inc. v. Judge George N. KiroffCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1977
- Bradley v. Pittsburgh Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1990
- New Jersey Education Association v. Fred G. BurkeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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