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IN RE BENKOSKI

No. 785 MAL 2007, No. 786 MAL 2007.

943 A.2d 212 (2007)

In re Petition to Set Aside Nomination Petitions of Edward A. BENKOSKI, Sr. and Jeffrey P. Stewart-Independent Candidates-4 Year Term, Board of Supervisors Petition of Gary M. Zingaretti, Joseph J. Masi and Ruth Ann Koval. In re Petition to Set Aside Nomination Petitions of Edward A. Benkoski, Sr. and Jeffrey P. Stewart-Independent Candidates-6 Year Term, Board of Supervisors Petition of Gary M. Zingaretti, Joseph J. Masi and Ruth Ann Koval.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 27, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman James Kennard, Esq., Kennard Law Offices, L.L.C., Harrisburg, for G. Zingaretti, J. Masi & R. Koval, Petitioner.

Cynthia Rotz Vullo, Esq., Koff, Mangan, Vullo, Gartley & Lach, P.C., Kingston, for E. Benkoski & J. Stewart, Respondent.

Joseph Andrew Lach, Esq., Koff, Mangan, Vullo, Gartley & Lach, P.C., Kingston, for E. Benkoski & J. Stewart, Respondent.

Neil T. O'Donnell, Esq., Wilkes-Barre, for Luzerne County Election Bureau, Participant.

Leonard Piazza, Luzerne Co. Election Bureau, Wilkes-Barre, for Luzerne County Election Bureau, Participant.

CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.

OPINION

PER CURIAM.

On October 10, 2007, this Court reversed the order of the Commonwealth Court and directed that the names of Edward Benkoski, Sr., and Jeffrey P. Stewart (collectively, the "Candidates") be removed from the November 6, 2007 general election ballot for the office of Supervisor of Bear Creek Township. Because of the exigency associated with the ensuing election, the Court considered the matter on an expedited basis, issued a per...

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