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COM., STATE ETHICS COM'N v. CRESSON

528 Pa. 339 (1991)

597 A.2d 1146

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, STATE ETHICS COMMISSION v. Albert J. CRESSON; Robert R. Smith; Paul Vawryk; W.J. Mike Gretowski; Carl L. Gordner; Geraldine T. Dirner; Garnett L. Rainey; Gary S. Milliken; Thomas J. Dzambo; Darwin K. Luther; Loren R. Disque; Theodore Rizzo; John J. Fiorina; John E. Gera; Michael A. Gianetta; Vincent E. Byrne; William D. Ollendyke; John J. Lewis; Jason Kravitz; Stephen W. Metcalfe; Ronald D'Alfonso; Robert Copson, Sr.; George I. Trout; Susan E. Huie; Dorothy R. Smith. Petition of Albert J. CRESSON, Garnett L. Rainey and John J. Fiorina.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 10, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles M. Means, Markel Schafer & Means, P.C., Pittsburgh, for petitioners.

Robin Hittie, Harrisburg, for State Ethics Comn.

Walter A. Bunt, Pittsburgh, for Gary A. Milliken.

Todd J. O'Malley, Scranton, for Giannetta, Byrne, Ollendyke & Lewis.

James M. McMaster, Newton, for Kravitz, Metcalfe, D'Alfonso, & Copson.

George O. Wagner, Danville, for Carl L. Gordner.

Mark S. Fisher, Allentown, for Susan E. Huie, and Dorothy Smith.

Anna Marie Sossong, Harrisburg, for Geraldine T. Dirner.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

On April 17, 1991, the State Ethics Commission ("Commission") challenged in Commonwealth Court the nomination petitions of twenty-five (25) prospective candidates1 who were seeking nomination for various municipal offices in the May 21, 1991, primary election. The Commission's petition to set aside the nomination petitions was predicated on the candidates'...

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