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McCaskey v. Allegheny County Department of Elections

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 17, 1991No. 704 C.D. 1991PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

COLINS, Judge.

James McCaskey (appellant) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) consolidating and dismissing both his Amended Petition to Appeal a Department of Elections Decision and his Petition to Amend the West Deer Township Home Rule Charter for the Appointment of a Township Manager/Secretary. We affirm.

Since 1973, West Deer Township (Township) has been and continues to be a Home Rule Charter community. In 1990, a petition was filed with the Allegheny County Department of Elections (Department) to amend the Township’s Home Rule Charter to provide…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Borough of Warren v. County Board of ElectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Pilchesky v. Lackawanna CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. In re Referendum on Question of Amending Pittsburgh Home Rule CharterCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Wolfgang v. Allegheny County Department of ElectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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