Legal Opinion
Essler v. Davis
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 27, 1980No. Nos. 1570 and 1573 C.D. 1980PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum Opinion by
President Judge Crumlish,
These two petitions for review in the nature of mandamus actions, consolidated for argument, involve an interpretation and application of Section 979 of the Pennsylvania Election Code, Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333, Art. IX, §979, as amended, 25 P.S. §2939, concerning substituted nominations for public office. We reject both petitions.
On June 16, 1980, nomination petitions were filed in the office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth for Republican candidates, James L. Buckman, Second Congressional District of Pennsylvania, United States…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Watson v. WitkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Commonwealth v. BlankenburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1907
- Oberleitner v. Bolinger, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lawrence County1967
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