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PILCHESKY v. LACKAWANNA COUNTY

No. 40 MAP 2013.

88 A.3d 954 (2014)

Joseph PILCHESKY, Appellant v. LACKAWANNA COUNTY, Lackawanna County Commissioners, Corey O'Brien, James Wansacz and Patrick O'Malley, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen Marie Kotula, Esq. , PA Department of State, for Bureau of Elections, Participants.

John Ralph Williams, Jr., Esq. , Minora, Minora, Colbassani, Krowiak & Mattioli, Scranton, for Lackawanna County Election Bureau, Participants.

Joseph Pilchesky, pro se.

Donald J. Frederickson, Jr., Esq. , for Lackawanna County, Appellee.

Joseph A. O'Brien, Esq. , Oliver Price & Rhodes, Clarks Summit, for Corey O'Brien, James Wansacz and Patrick O'Malley, Appellees.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, STEVENS, JJ.

OPINION

Justice STEVENS.

This appeal questions whether county commissioners may place an ordinance-generated referendum question on the primary election ballot seeking to amend a home rule charter pursuant to 53 Pa.C.S. § 2941 without first seeking election of a government study commission under 53 Pa.C.S. § 2911 when the question adopted by the ordinance attempts to abolish certain elected row offices...

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