Ralph J. Cappy, the 52nd Chief Justice of Pennsylvania and arguably the state Supreme Court’s most forceful leader of the past two decades, was dogged by the controversial 2005 pay raise but will probably be best remembered in Philadelphia for spurring the eradication of a huge case backlog and modernizing the city’s court system.
Justice Cappy died suddenly Friday night at his home as he was getting ready to go out for a social engagement. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Web site was reporting Saturday that the cause of death was an apparent heart attack. Justice Cappy, 65, had recently undergone surgery for blocked arteries.
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