Legal Opinion
In Re Nomination of Flaherty
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 8, 2001No. 43 M.D. Appeal Dkt. 2001PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NIGRO, Justice.
Appellant, John A. Hanna, appeals from an order of the Commonwealth Court which dismissed his petition to set aside the nomination petition of Mary Flaherty (“Candidate”), a candidate for the primary election for the Democratic nomination for Judge of the Commonwealth Court.1 For the reasons set forth below, we reverse the decision of the Commonwealth Court and set aside Candidate’s nomination petition for failure to comply with the five county requirement of Section 912.1(10) of the Election Code, 25 P.S. § 2872.1.
On March 6, 2001, Candidate filed a…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- In Re Nomination Petition of JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- In Re Nomination Petition of SilcoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Feinberg v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- In re Referendum Petition to Amend the City of Pittsburgh Home Rule CharterCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- In Re Nomination Petition of WesleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
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3Cited by77 opinions
- In Re Nomination Petition of CarrollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- In Re DriscollSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- In Re Nomination Papers of NaderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- In re Nomination Petition of BeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- In Re Nomination Petition of FarneseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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