Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Prison Society v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 22, 1999PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLINS, President Judge.
Presently before this Court are cross motions for judgment on the pleadings filed respectively by the petitioners, the Pennsylvania Prison Society, Julia D. Hall and others (collectively, the Prison Society) and by the respondents, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Ridge, and others (collectively, the Commonwealth).
The parties dispute the legality of changes to Article IV, Section 9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which changes were approved by the electorate on November 4, 1997. The ballot question presented to the voters on that day was posed as…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ullmann v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Armatta v. KitzhaberOregon Supreme Court · 1998
- STANDER v. KelleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
- Commonwealth v. HarmonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. GriestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1900
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Pa Prison Society v. CortesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2010
- Pennsylvania Prison Society v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Parish v. HornCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Cambria v. SoariesSupreme Court of New Jersey · 2001
- Pennsylvania Prison Society v. RendellDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 2006
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