Opinion

Brown v. Finnegan

  • 389 Pa. 609
  • 133 A.2d 809
  • 1957 Pa. LEXIS 408
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Jun 28, 1957
Status
Published
On the bench
Jones, Bell, Chidsey, Musmanno, Arnold, Cohen
Cited by
7 cases
Authority
More cited than 80.6%

holding that a candidate for judicial office by nomination paper who did not make and file an affidavit in conformity with the [J-98-2020] - 20 requirements of the Election Code was not permitted to be added to the general election ballot

How later courts described this case

  • holding that a candidate for judicial office by nomination paper who did not make and file an affidavit in conformity with the [J-98-2020] - 20 requirements of the Election Code was not permitted to be added to the general election ballot

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Opinion

Per Curiam,

The judgment for the defendant on the pleadings is affirmed on the opinion of Judge Walter R. Soiin, reported in 8 D. & C. 2d 780.

Mr. Justice Musmanno dissents.

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