DeWeese, House Minority Leader v. Cortes, Secretary of the Commonwealth (Per Curiam Order)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT H. WILLIAM DEWEESE, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, AND MIKE VEON, DEMOCRATIC WHIP OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, : : : : : : Appellees : : v. : : HONORABLE PEDRO A. CORTES, : SECRETARY OF THE : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : : Appellant : : JOHN M. PERZEL, REPRESENTATIVE : AND SPEAKER OF THE : PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF : REPRESENTATIVES, AND ROBERT C. : JUBELIRER, SENATOR AND : PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE : SENATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF : PENNSYLVANIA, : : Intervenors : No. 84 MAP 2005 Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court entered July 26, 2005, at No. 567 MD 2002, that declared the Act of June 19, 2002, P.L. 394 as Unconstitutional and Void. H. WILLIAM DEWEESE, HOUSE MINORITY LEADER AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, AND MIKE VEON, DEMOCRATIC WHIP OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES : : : : : : v. : : HONORABLE PEDRO A. CORTES, : SECRETARY OF THE : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : : JOHN M. PERZEL, REPRESENTATIVE : AND SPEAKER OF THE : PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF : REPRESENTATIVES, AND ROBERT C. : JUBELIRER, SENATOR AND : PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE : SENATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF : PENNSYLVANIA, : : Intervenors : : APPEAL OF: JOHN M. PERZEL, : REPRESENTATIVE AND SPEAKER OF : THE PENNSYLVANIA HOUSE OF : REPRESENTATIVES, AND ROBERT C. : JUBELIRER, SENATOR AND : PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE OF THE : SENATE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF : PENNSYLVANIA, : : Intervenors : No. 85 MAP 2005 Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court entered 7-26-2005 at No. 567 MD 2002, that declared Act of June 19, 2002, P.L. 394 as Unconstitutional and Void. ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: September 28, 2006 The Order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed.

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