Legal Opinion
Larsen v. Senate of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 5, 1994No. 317 M. D. 1994PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAIG, President Judge.
Petitioner, Mr. Justice Rolf Larsen, asks this court for a preliminary injunction, to enjoin the Senate of Pennsylvania, and its Senate Impeachment Trial Committee, from conducting an impeachment trial against petitioner, set to begin on August 8, 1994.
That preliminary injunction application is part of petitioner’s action in equity and declaratory judgment, addressed to the original jurisdiction of this court (coupled with an appeal in the alternative) and filed against the respondents on July 26, 1994.
The present proceedings significantly involve a first-impression…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Nixon v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Sweeney v. TuckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Shenango Valley Osteopathic Hospital v. Department of Health of CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Zemprelli v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Larsen v. Senate Of The Commonwealth Of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1998
- In Re LarsenCourt of Judicial Discipline of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Mellow v. PizzingrilliCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
- Larsen v. SENATE OF THE COM. OF PENNSYLVANIADistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1997
- Horton v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 2003
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