Citizens Committee to Recall Rizzo v. Board of Elections

OPINION

JONES, Chief Justice.

This matter is before this Court on appeals 1 by appellants, the Board of Elections of the City and County of Philadelphia (hereinafter referred to as the “Board of Elections” or the “Board”) and the Honorable Frank L. Rizzo, Mayor of the City of Philadelphia (hereinafter re*3ferred to as “Mayor Rizzo” or the “Mayor”), from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, entered on September 16, 1976. The order of the trial court was entered in an action in mandamus initiated by the appellees, Citizens Committee to Recall Rizzo and Shelly D. Yanoff,…