Rastall v. DeBouse

The current mayor of Johnstown, the Honorable Donato Zueco, as well as her appointee to the Johnstown Redevelopment Authority (Authority), Willis De-Bouse, and the Authority itself appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cambria County which declared that the earlier appointment of a second individual, Allegra Rastall, to the same position as a member of the Authority by a prior mayor was valid and that, as a result, Mr. DeBouse’s appointment was void.

The facts underlying this appeal are rather unique. At midnight on December 31, 1997, a vacancy was set to open on the Authority.…