Legal Opinion
Common Cause of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania
District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania
Decided June 12, 2006No. Civil Action 1:05-CV-2036PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
KANE, District Judge.
I. Introduction
Plaintiffs Common Cause of Pennsylvania, the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, Representative Greg Vitali, and four individual citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, seek to invoke the jurisdiction of the federal courts to address alleged legislative misconduct by state officials that they claim resulted in constitutional violations. The Complaint, as amended on October 31, 2005, and again on February 8, 2006, alleges that the leadership of Pennsylvania’s General Assembly, together with the Governor and the Chief Justice of the…
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