IN RE PRIMARY ELECTION OF MAY 19, 1998


721 A.2d 1156 (1998)

In re PETITION TO CONTEST the PRIMARY ELECTION OF MAY 19, 1998. Appeal of James KNOX, Appellant.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 21, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin Forsythe, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert L. Byer, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before PELLEGRINI, Judge and KELLEY, Judge, and NARICK, Senior Judge.


PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Knox and 44 other registered voters of Allegheny County (collectively, Objectors) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) sustaining the preliminary objections filed by the Allegheny County Elections Department (Elections Department) and Allegheny 2000 Citizens Committee (Allegheny 2000) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction.

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