Trinsey v. Pennsylvania
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trinsey-v-pennsylvania-282-14164675
title:
Trinsey v. Pennsylvania
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Trinsey v. Pennsylvania, 941 F.2d 224, was a case decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit that confirmed the validity of special elections held without a primary under the Fourteenth and Seventeenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. The case came about due to the death of H. John Heinz III, one of the U.S. senators from Pennsylvania, in a plane crash on April 4, 1991. Under the Seventeenth Amendment, state legislatures may give the Governor the power to a
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1991 US court case about special elections
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