Legal Opinion
GAZZE v. Cortes
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 5, 2008No. 411 M.D. 2008PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Senior Judge QUIGLEY.
Petitioner Ronald Gazze, pro se, filed a complaint in mandamus, seeking an order directing Pedro A. Cortes, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, to accept and approve for filing his nomination papers as a committed independent candidate for the office of Representative in the General Assembly for the 57th Legislative District. Petitioner alleges that he secured nomination papers with 520 1 signatures, and he attempted to file it on July 31, 2008. The Department of State (the Department) rejected the nomination papers, and the rejection notice listed…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- In re Nomination Papers of CarlsonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re Nomination Petition of SnyderCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- In Re CastellaniCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- In Re Nomination Papers of DunmireCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Snyder v. WilsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
3Cited by1 opinion
- In re Nomination Papers of Mindlin ex rel. Office of Mayor of HarrisburgCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013