Legal Opinion
In Re Petition to Contest the General Election for District Justice
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 1996No. 28 and 33 W.D. Appeal Docket 1994PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
This matter involves consolidated appeals by Joseph Zupsic and Delores A. Laughlin from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County setting aside the election conducted on November 2, 1993, for the office of District Justice for Judicial District 36-3-03. 1 While the initial vote tabulation showed Zupsic the winner of the district justice race by thirty-six votes, a hand recount resulted in a swing of eighty-two votes in Laughlin’s favor, thus making her the winner by thirty-six votes. The lower court concluded that in all probability, a sufficient number…
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