Legal Opinion
In Re the Substitute Nomination Certificate of Evans
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 18, 1993No. 85 M.D. Appeal Docket 1993PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
Objectors, registered Democrats in Dauphin County, filed a petition in the Commonwealth Court under its original jurisdiction, objecting to and seeking to set aside a substitute nomination certificate of Scott A. Evans as Democratic party candidate for the position of common pleas court judge in Dauphin County. The Commonwealth Court considered the objections and, on two alternative grounds, dismissed the petition. 158 Pa.Cmwlth. 297, 631 A.2d 797.
The dispute is based on the following facts. Evans had sought and won the Republican party nomination for the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thompson v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- In Re Nominating Petition of LeeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Brown v. FinneganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- In Re Nomination Petition of AcostaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- In Re the Substitute Nomination Certificate of EvansCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
3Cited by4 opinions
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- In Re the Nomination Petition of EmenheiserCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- In re Petition to Set Aside Certain Nominating Petitions for Office of Lower Moreland Township School DirectorCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995