Legal Opinion
In Re Nomination Petition of Payton
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 27, 2008No. 99 M.D. 2008PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SMITH-RIBNER.
On February 21, 2008, John A. Danford (Objector) filed in this Court a petition to set aside the Nomination Petition of Tony Payton, Jr. (Candidate) for the Office of Representative in the General Assembly, 179th Legislative District. Objector averred that he is a duly registered Democratic elector in the 179th District. Candidate, an incumbent State Representative, must submit a nomination petition containing at least 300 valid signatures of registered Democratic electors from that district to appear on the April 22, 2008 primary election ballot. Section…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Ross Nomination PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- 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
- Morrill v. WeaverDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2002
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re the Nomination Petitions & Papers of StevensonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- In Re the Nomination Petition of FordCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- 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 Nomination Petition of PaytonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
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