Butcher v. Bloom

415 Pa. 438 (1964)

Butcher

v.

Bloom.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued April 7, 1964.

September 29, 1964.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

Arthur E. Newbold, III, with him Carter R. Buller, Tyson W. Coughlin, Edward E. Russell and Eugene F. Waye, for petitioners.

George T. Kelton, with him Jack Sirott, for intervenors.

Walter E. Alessandroni, Attorney General, with him Edward Friedman, Deputy Attorney General, for Commonwealth.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, September 29, 1964:

I

At issue in this litigation is the constitutional validity, under the Fourteenth Amendment…