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Commonwealth Ex Rel. Duff v. Keenan

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 30, 1943No. 113, Misc. Docket 8PublishedCited by 40 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is a case of original jurisdiction in which James H. Duff, Attorney General of Pennsylvania, filed on June 4,1943, a petition for a writ of mandamus against the judges of the court of common pleas of Westmoreland County to decide certain cases long pending in that court and to file opinions and orders in those cases in the proper office, or to show cause, if any there be, why the same should not be done.

Westmoreland County has a population of 302,355 people, and the court of common pleas of that county consists of three judges, to wit: J. Hilary Keenan,…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Southern Railway Co. v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1910
  2. Commonwealth v. RagoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1934
  3. Commonwealth v. LikeleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1920
  4. State ex rel. Tilley v. SloverSupreme Court of Missouri · 1892
  5. United States v. HuffDistrict Court, S.D. Georgia · 1913

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3Cited by40 opinions

  1. Exton Drive-In, Inc. v. Home Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
  2. Commonwealth ex rel. Specter v. MartinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. DIPPEL v. BrunozziSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
  4. State Ex Rel. Bennett v. BonnerMontana Supreme Court · 1950
  5. Savoy v. Beneficial Consumer Discount Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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