Legal Opinion
Welsh Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 10, 1974No. Appeal, No. 34PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
Pee Curiam,
On August 5,1974, Thomas E. Welsh filed a nomination paper in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth for the office of State Senator for the Sixth (6th) Senatorial District in the election to be held on November 4, 1974. Two electors of the Sixth (6th) Senatorial District filed a petition in the Commonwealth Court raising certain objections to the nomination paper and requesting that it be set aside. After a hearing, the Court entered an Order granting the motion. Welsh filed this appeal.
Two reasons were assigned by the Court for setting aside the nomination paper:…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Consumer Party v. TuckerDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
3Cited by7 opinions
- Division of Elections of State v. JohnstoneAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
- James v. RogersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
- Matter of VandelindeWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1988
- In Re the Nomination Paper of CooperCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Division of Elections of State v. JohnstoneAlaska Supreme Court · 1983
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