Legal Opinion

Working Families Party v. Commonwealth of PA, Pedro A Cortes, in his Official Capacity as Secretary of the Commonwealth of PA

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 18, 2017No. 435 M.D. 2016PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

PRESIDENT JUDGE LEAVITT

Working Families Party, Christopher M. Rabb, Douglas B. Buchholz, and Kenneth G. Beiser (collectively, Working Families) have filed a petition for review in this Court’s original jurisdiction2 against the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Pedro A. Cortes, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; and Jonathan M. Marks, Commissioner of the Department of State’s Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation (collectively, Commonwealth), challenging, as unconstitutional, several provisions of the Election Code3 that prohibit the nomination of a single…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Anderson v. CelebrezzeSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
  2. Burdick v. TakushiSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  4. Timmons v. Twin Cities Area New PartySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. Lubin v. PanishSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by6 opinions

  1. League of Women Voters of PA v. CmwlthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  2. Working Families Party, Aplts. v. Com.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
  3. C.A. Reuther and A.M. Diakatos v. Delaware County Bureau of Elections and C. RossiCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. In re: Nom. Papers of C. De la Cruz ~ Obj. of: A. Reber & J. SmuckerCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2024
  5. League of Women Voters of PA v. CmwlthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018

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