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CAVANAUGH v. DAVIS

497 Pa. 351 (1982)

440 A.2d 1380

James R. CAVANAUGH, Petitioner, v. William R. DAVIS, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 11, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David F. Binder, Stephen M. Feldman, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

Mary Ellen Krober, Harrisburg, for respondent.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Petitioner James R. Cavanaugh seeks a declaration and direction to respondent Secretary of the Commonwealth that the successor to the seat on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania presently held by Chief Justice Henry X. O'Brien, whose elected term of office expires on January 3, 1983, is to be chosen in November of 1982 at the general election immediately preceding the expiration...

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