M. Marcavage, et al. v. E. G. Rendell, et al. (Majority Opinion)

State: Pennsylvania

Court: Pennsylvania Eastern District Court

Docket No: 195 M.D. 2005

Case Date: 11/15/2007

Plaintiff: M. Marcavage, et al.

Defendant: E. G. Rendell, et al. (Majority Opinion)

Preview:IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Michael Marcavage, Mark Diener, Linda Beckman, Randall Beckman, Susan Startzell, Arlene Elshinnawy and Nancy Major, Petitioners : : : : : : v. : : Edward G. Rendell, Governor of the : Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, : John M. Perzel, Speaker of the : Pennsylvania House of Representatives, : Robert C. Jubelirer, President Pro : Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate, : Honorable Pedro A. Cortes, Secretary of : the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, All : in their Official Capacities and not in Their : Private Capacities, and Commonwealth of : Pennsylvania, : No. 195 M.D. 2005 Respondents : Argued: June 13, 2007 BEFORE: HONORABLE BONNIE B. LEADBETTER, President Judge HONORABLE JAMES GARDNER COLINS, Judge HONORABLE DORIS A. SMITH-RIBNER, Judge HONORABLE DAN PELLEGRINI, Judge HONORABLE ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge FILED: November 15, 2007

OPINION BY JUDGE COLINS

The named Petitioners have filed an amended petition for review in our original jurisdiction, seeking (1) a declaration that the Act of December 3, 2002, P.L. 1176, No. 143 (Act 143), amending Section 2710 of the Crimes Code (ethnic intimidation), 18 Pa. C.S.

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