Legal Opinion
In Re Set Aside the Nomination Petition of Hanssens
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 20, 2003PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge FRIEDMAN.
Francis J. Hanssens, Jr. (Hanssens) appeals from the April 21, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which struck the Nomination Petition of Francis J. Hans-sens, Jr., as a Democratic Candidate for the Office of Councilperson for the Seventh Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia (Nomination Petition). We affirm.
Candido Silva, Barbara Stuhl, Eileen Miller, Chester Zalenski and Walter De-Treux, Jr. (collectively, the Objectors) filed a petition with the trial court to set aside Hanssens’ Nomination Petition. The…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Dorrance's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- In Re Nomination of FlahertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Lesker CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- In Re Nomination Petition of PrendergastSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- In Re Nomination Petitions of McIntyreCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- In Re Nomination Petition of WissingerCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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