After their case seeking to oust Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams was tossed earlier this week, attorney Richard Sprague and former District Attorney Lynne Abraham have filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court.

On May 17, Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas Judge Daniel Anders issued a one-page order dismissing the case Sprague v. Williams because the plaintiffs lacked standing to bring the claims. Sprague and Abraham filed an appeal to the Supreme Court on Thursday afternoon.

The appeal specifically asks the high court to consider whether the fact that Abraham was the most recent prior district attorney and Sprague's office often represents people investigated or charged by Williams' office gives them “sufficient special rights and interests, as distinguished from the rights of the general public, to have standing to challenge R. Seth Williams' right to hold the office.”