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ZEMPRELLI v. THORNBURGH

No. 973 C.D. 1979.

45 Pa.Commw. 218 (1979)

Edward P. Zemprelli, State Senator, Petitioner v. Richard L. Thornburgh, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

August 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James H. Cawley, Chief Counsel to the Majority Caucus, for petitioner.

Jay C. Waldran, Executive Assistant to the Governor, with him David H. Allshouse, Deputy Attorney General, and Norman J. Watkins, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent.

Heard August 20, 1979, before Judge WILKINSON, JR.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, JR., August 21, 1979:

On May 7, 1979 the petitioner brought this action in the nature of a mandamus as a duly elected member of the Senate of the Commonwealth. In his petition for review he identifies many specific offices in the Commonwealth which he alleges are vacant and have been in excess of 90 days without the Governor fulfilling his constitutional obligation, under Article...

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