IN RE FITZPATRICK


822 A.2d 859 (2003)

The PETITION TO SET ASIDE the NOMINATION OF Kathleen M. FITZPATRICK as a Democratic Candidate for the Office of Councilperson for the Seventh Councilmatic District of the City of Philadelphia. Objection of Candido Silva, Barbara Stuhl, Eileen Miller, Chester Zalenski and Walter de Truex, Jr. Appeal of Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 8, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph J. Teti, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Ira B. Shrager, Philadelphia, for appellee.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, and MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.


OPINION BY JUDGE FRIEDMAN.

Kathleen M. Fitzpatrick (Fitzpatrick) appeals from the March 25, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which set aside Fitzpatrick's Nomination Petition as a Democratic Candidate for the office of Councilperson for the Seventh Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia (Nomination Petition). We vacate and remand.

Fitzpatrick filed a timely Nomination Petition containing 1,454 signatures...

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