# Brown v. Finnegan

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · June 28, 1957 · 389 Pa. 609

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2340190

## Case

- **Full name:** Brown, Appellant, v. Finnegan
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** June 28, 1957
- **Citations:** 389 Pa. 609; 133 A.2d 809; 1957 Pa. LEXIS 408
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Judges:** Jones, Bell, Chidsey, Musmanno, Arnold, Cohen
- **Cited by:** 7 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/2340190

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- 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

## Opinion text

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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