Legal Opinion
In Re Braig
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 29, 1991No. Judicial Inquiry and Review Board Docket 128PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ZAPPALA, Justice.
This matter comes before the Court on the Petition of the Judicial Inquiry and Review Board to Implement Automatic Forfeiture of Judicial Office. The Board filed its petition on September 8, 1989, requesting that the Court issue a Rule to Show Cause why former judge Joseph P. Braig should not be subject to the provisions of Article V, Section 18(Z) of the Pennsylvania Constitution and be declared automatically removed from his judicial office as of June 29, 1989, and thereafter be ineligible for judicial office. We issued such a Rule on December 22, 1989, returnable on…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In re GreenbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. PeoplesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Commonwealth v. ShaverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1842
- Commonwealth v. KnoxSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Petition of HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Commonwealth ex rel. Baldwin v. Smolkowicz, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County1993
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