# Williams v. Commonwealth

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · March 18, 1975 · 460 Pa. 581

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9713738

## Case

- **Full name:** Calvin WILLIAMS and Joseph McNeil, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania Et Al.
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** March 18, 1975
- **Citations:** 460 Pa. 581; 333 A.2d 924; 1975 Pa. LEXIS 697
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Roberts
- **Judges:** Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

DISSENTING OPINION
ROBERTS, J.
The Court today continues to permit a judicially created anachronism to deprive litigants of their day in court. I remain of the view that the doctrine of sovereign immunity ought, in its entirety, to be consigned to the judicial scrapheap. See McCoy v. Commonwealth, 457 Pa. 513, 514-16 , 325 A.2d 396 , 397-98 (1974) (dissenting opinion of Roberts, J., joined by Nix & Manderino, JJ.); Sweigard v. Pennsylvania Dep’t. of Transp., 454 Pa. 32, 35-38 , 309 A.2d 374, 376-77 (1973) (dissenting opinion of Roberts, J., joined by Nix & Manderino, JJ.); Brown v. Commonwealth, 453 Pa. 566, 577-79 , 305 A.2d 868, 871-72 (1973) (dissenting opinion of Roberts, J., joined by Nix & Manderino, JJ.); Biello v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Bd., 454 Pa. 179, 187-92 , 301 A.2d 849, 853-56 (1973) (dissenting opinion of Nix, J., joined by Roberts, J.).
NIX, J., joins in this dissent.

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