IN RE DISTRICT ATTORNEY


756 A.2d 711 (2000)

In re Appointment of DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Appeal of Board of Elections of Lackawanna County and County Commissioners of Lackawanna County.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 17, 2000.

As Amended July 20, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph A. O'Brien, Scranton, for appellants.

Brian J. Cali, Dunmore, for appellee, Lackawanna County Republican Party.

Bradley K. Moss, Philadelphia, for appellee, Andrew Jarbola.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, COLINS, J., McGINLEY, J., SMITH, J., PELLEGRINI, J., FLAHERTY, J., and LEADBETTER, J.


McGINLEY, Judge.

The Lackawanna County Commissioners (Commissioners) and the Lackawanna County Board of Elections (Board of Elections) seek review of the appointment of Andrew J. Jarbola, Esquire (Jarbola) as district attorney by the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County (common pleas court) for the remainder of the term of the former district attorney, Michael J. Barrasse, Esquire (Barrasse), which expires on December 31, 2001.

On November 2, 1999, Barrasse...

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