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OTTER v. CORTES

No. 83 M.D. 2009.

969 A.2d 1276 (2009)

Lawrence M. OTTER, Individually and as Candidate for Bucks County Court of Common Pleas Judge, Petitioner v. Pedro A. CORTÉS, Secretary of the Commonwealth and Harry Van Sickle, Commissioner of Elections, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 5, 2009.

Amended March 17, 2009.

Publication Ordered March 17, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jahn S. Chesnov, Bensalem, for petitioner.

Louis Lawrence Boyle, Deputy General Counsel and Gregory E. Dunlap, Deputy General Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent.

BEFORE: LEAVITT, Judge, FLAHERTY, Senior Judge, and McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.

OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.

On February 27, 2009, this Court entered an order denying a writ of mandamus to Lawrence M. Otter, a candidate for the office of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County. Candidate Otter filed his action to increase the number of judges to be elected in 2009 in Bucks County. This opinion explains the Court's denial of the requested writ of mandamus.

Background

On February 19, 2009, Candidate Otter filed a petition...

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