Pennsylvania Supreme Court Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy has told his colleagues he will step down from the bench by year's end, according to sources. After the General Assembly voted to give legislators and judges a pay raise in 2005, Cappy became a lightning rod for voter anger because of his role in that legislation and his public support for the raise. Still, Cappy's decision to resign has caught many in the legal community by surprise.
September 12, 2007 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
In a stunning close to an at times tumultuous chapter in the Pennsylvania Supreme Court’s history, Chief Justice Ralph J. Cappy told his colleagues in Pittsburgh Monday that he would step down from the bench by year’s end, according to sources in Harrisburg and Philadelphia.
Justice Ronald D. Castille would then take over as chief justice.
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