Legal Opinion
Larsen v. Senate of The Commonwealth
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 11, 1998No. 97-7296, 97-7451UnknownCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SLOVITER, Circuit Judge.
Rolf Larsen, former Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against a large number of Pennsylvania entities and individuals. In the portions of the amended complaint at issue in the appeals before us, he asserted various constitutional claims against the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and individual Pennsylvania state Senators for their role in his impeachment and removal from office. Defendants filed a variety of motions in the district court challenging Larsen’s right to maintain this action. Currently before us…
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