IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
RICHARD A. SPRAGUE, HON. RONALD : 100 MM 2016
D. CASTILLE AND HON. STEPHEN :
ZAPPALA, SR., : Emergency Application for Extraordinary
: Relief
Petitioners :
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v. :
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PEDRO A. CORTES, SECRETARY OF :
THE COMMONWEALTH OF :
PENNSYLVANIA, IN HIS OFFICIAL :
CAPACITY, :
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Respondent :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 27th day of July 2016, the Petitioners’ Emergency Application for
Extraordinary Relief is GRANTED. The Secretary is directed to file an answer and any
new matter to the complaint by Wednesday, August 3, 2016. Thereafter, an expedited
briefing schedule will be established for the parties to provide full briefing on the legal
issue raised by Petitioners’ complaint and/or any applications for summary relief filed in
conjunction therewith. See Pa.R.A.P. 1532(b).
Petitioners’ Emergency Application to Strike the “Answer” of Amicus Curiae is
DISMISSED as moot.
Chief Justice Saylor did not participate in consideration or decision of this matter.