Legal Opinion

Reese v. County Board of Elections

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 25, 1973No. Appeals, Nos. 1237 C.D. 1972 and 656 C.D. 1973PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

Before us are two appeals from orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County in which it (1) dismissed a petition of twenty-eight voters who sought to set aside a referendum election favorable to the creation of a home rule study commission for county government and the election of eleven members to such a commission and (2) sustained preliminary objections to a complaint in equity by another voter raising substantially the same issues and seeking identical relief.1 The referendum question and the election of commission members for such a study is…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Hellertown Borough Referendum CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1946
  2. Greene Township Malt Beverage License Referendum ContestSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  3. Kimmell Liquor License CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1944
  4. Frederick H. Harper, Jr., Inc. AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
  5. Gunnett v. TroutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Koter v. CosgroveCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  2. In Re Petition to Contest the Primary Election of May 19, 1998Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Tartaglione v. GrahamCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Bradway v. CohenCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  5. Rinaldi v. FERRETTCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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