Legal Opinion
In Re Nomination Petition of Freeman
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 8, 1988No. Appeals, 659 C.D. 1988, 660 C.D. 1988, 661 C.D. 1988, 662 C.D. 1988, 663 C.D. 1988, 664 C.D. 1988, 665 C.D. 1988, 666 C.D. 1988, 667 C.D. 1988, 668 C.D. 1988 and 669 C.D. 1988PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Doyle,
Before us for disposition are the appeals in eleven election cases where the Court of Common Pleas of *304Philadelphia County dismissed, by eleven successive orders on March 2, 1988, the Petitions to Set Aside the Nomination Petitions of eleven candidates for Democratic committee posts in the Fifty-first Ward of Philadelphia.1 Each such nomination petition for Ward Executive Committee was required to have the valid signatures of at least ten registered and enrolled members of the Democratic Party. Section 912.1 of the Pennsylvania Election Code (Code), Act of June 3, 1937,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Wm. Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- General Electric Credit Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Downey v. WestonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Hall v. VanderpoolSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1893
- Jones Memorial Baptist Church v. BrackeenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In Re Nomination Petition of BrownCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Erie Independence House, Inc. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- In Re Nomination Paper of RogersCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- In Re Nomination Papers of TreichelCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- In re Election of Two Additional Supervisors in Birmingham TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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