# In Re LaRussa

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · October 3, 1975 · 464 Pa. 86

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9751284

## Case

- **Full name:** In Re Salvatore LaRUSSA. Appeal of COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** October 3, 1975
- **Citations:** 464 Pa. 86; 346 A.2d 32; 1975 Pa. LEXIS 1035
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Manderino
- **Judges:** Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino
- **Cited by:** 3 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

MANDERINO, Justice
(dissenting).
I dissent. I cannot agree with the view expressed by the majority that strict construction of the Act is inappropriate. Strict construction of legislation is the only appropriate standard when a citizen’s freedom is sought to be curtailed. I would affirm the order of the Superior Court for the reasons contained in the Superior Court’s opinion. See In re January, 1974, Special Investigating Grand Jury, 231 Pa.Super. 395 , 332 A.2d 534 (1975).

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