Legal Opinion

In re Nominating Petition of Pasquay

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 29, 1987No. Appeal, No. 786 C.D. 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

This election case presents our court with a matter of first impression. The sole issue for review is whether Joan Krajewski (Appellant), as the incumbent City Councilperson for the Sixth District of Philadelphia and a candidate for . re-election to that office on the Democrat ballot, has standing to challenge the nomination petition of Kevin Pasquay, Republican candidate in the Republican party primary election for the same office.

In In Re: Barlip, 59 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 178, 181, 428 A.2d 1058, 1059 (1981), Judge Blatt, writing for the court, stated that the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Wm. Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. In re Nominating Petition of BarlipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
  3. In Re Nomination Petitions of DuncanCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re Nomination Petitions for PinckneyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. In re Petition to Set Aside Certain Nominating Petitions for Office of Lower Moreland Township School DirectorCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. In Re: NOMINATING PET. OF PASQUAY.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  4. In re Petition to Set Aside Certain Nominating Petitions for Office of Lower Moreland Township School DirectorCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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