Legal Opinion
In Re Nomination Petition of Vodvarka
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 4, 2010No. 175 M.D. 2010PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEAVITT.
Before this Court is a petition filed by Joseph A. Sestak, Jr. (Objector) to set aside the Nomination Petition for the Office of United States Senator filed by Joseph Vodvarka (Candidate). Candidate seeks to appear on the ballot in the primary election scheduled for May 18, 2010. Objector, also a Democratic Party candidate for that office, contends that Candidate’s nomination petition lacks the minimum number of signatures required by law to appear on the primary election ballot. Concluding that Objector’s contention has merit, the Court must set aside Candidate’s…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- In Re Nomination of FlahertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- In Re Nomination Petition of JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- In Re Nomination Papers of NaderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- McGill v. Southwark Realty Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- In Re Nomination Petition of SilcoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
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3Cited by8 opinions
- In re Nomination Petition of VodvarkaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- J. Morley, Jr. v. L Farnese, Jr., K. GreenbergCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- In re ScottCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- In Re: Nomination Petition of Joseph Vodvarka as a Candidate of the Democratic Party for the United States Senate in the Primary Election of April 26, 2016 Petition of Joseph A. Sestak, Jr.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- In Re: The Nomination Petitions of Daniel B. Smith, Jr. as a Democratic Candidate for State Representative in the 12th Legislative District Petition of: R. Mahmood and K.R. CostelloCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
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