Commonwealth Ex Rel. Zimmerman v. Kleiman

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment of ouster of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County excluding appellant, Leah Kleiman, “from action and participation as a Susquehanna Township Commissioner.” We reverse.

On October 12, 1978, the Board of Commissioners of Susquehanna Township 1 consisted of seven commissioners, each of whom represented one of the township’s seven wards. Four of the commissioners were Democrats, and three were Republicans. After the Board’s regular October 12, 1978 meeting, the commissioner representing the fifth ward, a Democrat,…