Legal Opinion
In Re Nomination Petition of Pippy
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 5, 1998PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLEY, Judge.
Presently before the court is the petition to set aside the nomination petition of John R. Pippy (Candidate) as a candidate for the Republican nomination to the office of State Representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly for the 44th Legislative District. The two-count petition was filed in this court on March 17, 1998, by John J. Hiles, Randy W. Schott and John E. Tuite (collectively, Objectors). 1
In Count I of the petition, the Objectors claim that the candidate’s affidavit accompanying the nomination petition, as required by section 910 of the Pennsylvania Election…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Nixon v. NixonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Sweeney v. TuckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Dorrance's EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
- Vanhorne v. DorranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1795
- In Re Nomination of CianfraniSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Lucchino v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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- In Re Set Aside the Nomination Petition of HanssensCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- City of Wilkes-Barre v. UrbanCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- In re Nomination Petition of MakhijaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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