# Thiemann v. Allen

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 31, 1979 · 485 Pa. 431

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9640819

## Case

- **Full name:** Dennis E. THIEMANN, Petitioner, v. Ethel D. ALLEN, D. O., Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Louis C. Mete, Commissioner of the Bureau of Elections, Commissions and Legislations for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents, Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae; David W. CRAIG, Judge of the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, Petitioner, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Ethel D. Allen, D. O., Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Louis C. Mete, Commissioner of the Bureau of Elections, Commissions and Legislations of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent, Republican State Committee of Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** May 31, 1979
- **Citations:** 485 Pa. 431; 402 A.2d 1348; 1979 Pa. LEXIS 675
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Larsen
- **Judges:** Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

LARSEN, Justice,
dissenting.
I join in Mr. Justice Nix’s dissenting opinion. The Act is clearly unconstitutional; in a democracy free citizens ought and should be able to vote for each and every one of their (now “alleged”) elected officials. Sadly, the majority has decided otherwise.

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