Legal Opinion

Nomination Petitions for Judgeships

Pennsylvania Department of Justice

Decided July 30, 1931Published

1Opinion of the Court

Schnader, Attorney General,

— We have your request to be advised whether it is your duty to accept and file nomination petitions designating as candidates for the office of justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County or judge of the County Court of Allegheny County persons whose occupations are *649stated to be either carpenter, or welder, or salesman, or housewife, or machinist, or journalist, or plumber.

We understand that nomination petitions have been proffered in which it is stated that the “profession, business or occupation” of the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Freiler v. Schuylkill CountySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
  2. State ex rel. Jack v. SchmahlSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1914
  3. Hamilton v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928

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