IN RE: OBJECT. TO NOM. PET. OF CAVANAUGH

No. 530 C.D. 1982.

65 Pa.Commw. 620 (1982)

In Re: Objections to the Nomination Petition of James R. Cavanaugh for the 1982 Primary Election for the Democratic Nomination for the Office of Justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

April 6, 1982:


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Orwig, Edelman, O'Pake, Malsnee & Orwig, for petitioner.

Gregory M. Harvey, with him Marc J. Sonnenfeld, of counsel, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, for respondent.

Mollie A. McCurdy, Deputy Attorney General, with her Allen C. Warshaw, Deputy Attorney General, Chief of Special Litigation Section and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Heard March 23, 1982, by Judge BLATT. Reargued April 19, 1982, before Judges BLATT, MacPHAIL and DOYLE, sitting as a panel of three.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER BY JUDGE BLATT,

Objections have been filed1 to the nomination petitions of James R. Cavanaugh (candidate) for the Democratic nomination for the office of justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. It is alleged that the candidate failed to obtain 100 valid signatures from each of 5 counties as required by Section 912(b) of the Election Code, Act of June 3, 1937, P.L. 1333, as amended, 25 P.S. §...

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