Legal Opinion
James Schneller v. Philadelphia Newspapers Inc
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 25, 2014No. 13-3429UnpublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
2Per curiam
James D. Schneller was an independent candidate for Congress in Pennsylvania’s Seventh District in the 2010 general election. “Friends of Jim Schneller” was his registered candidate committee. Schneller, for himself and his committee, filed a complaint pro se 1 against Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. (“PNI”), 2 a PNI reporter, the Delaware County Republican Party, Pat Meehan for Congress, leaders of the Independence Hall Tea Party, the Delaware County Patriots, and two other defendants involved in a challenge to Schneller’s nomination papers. Schneller alleged that the defendants…
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