Legal Opinion
Common Cause of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 26, 2009No. 06-3391PublishedCited by 152 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EBEL, Circuit Judge.
This appeal stems from litigation challenging a short-lived Pennsylvania statute (“Act 44”) that increased salaries for state legislators, executive officials and state judges. Plaintiffs are Pennsylvania citizens, a state representative and two organizations — Common Cause and the League of Women Voters. They sued the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, its governor and treasurer, the General Assembly’s leadership, and the Chief Justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, in their individual and official capacities. Plaintiffs allege that, for the past ten…
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