IN RE HANSSENS


821 A.2d 1247 (2003)

In re the Petition to Set Aside the Nomination Petition of Francis J. HANSSENS, Jr., as a Democratic Candidate for the Office of Councilperson for the Seventh Councilmatic District of the City of Philadelphia, Petition of Candido Silva, Barbara Stuhl, Eileen Miller, Chester Zalenski and Walter De Treux, Jr. Appeal of Francis J. Hanssens, Jr.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 28, 2003.

As Amended May 20, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel C. Stretton, West Chester, for appellant.

Ira B. Shrager, Philadelphia, for appellee.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, and SMITH-RIBNER, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge FRIEDMAN.

Francis J. Hanssens, Jr. (Hanssens) appeals from the April 21, 2003, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), which struck the Nomination Petition of Francis J. Hanssens, Jr., as a Democratic Candidate for the Office of Councilperson for the Seventh Councilmanic District of the City of Philadelphia (Nomination Petition). We affirm.

Candido Silva, Barbara Stuhl, Eileen Miller, Chester Zalenski and Walter...

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