Legal Opinion
In Re Petition for Agenda Initiative
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 20, 2003PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SMITH-RIBNER.
This case involves consolidated appeals by the Allegheny County Division of Elections, Department of Administrative Services (County), Sean Moran (Moran) and Thomas E. Flaherty (Flaherty) from the February 4, 2003 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, which sustained in part Flaherty’s appeal and set aside an Agenda Initiative Petition filed by Moran because it lacked the required 500 signatures from registered voters of Allegheny County. The petition sought to have the Allegheny County Council consider and vote on a proposed ordinance directing…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- In Re Nomination of FlahertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Morrill v. WeaverDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2002
- In Re Nomination Petition of SilcoxSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Borough of Marcus Hook v. Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Lyons v. City of PittsburghCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by11 opinions
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