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JACKSON v. DAVIS

507 Pa. 626 (1985)

493 A.2d 687

Ricardo C. JACKSON, Petitioner, v. William R. DAVIS, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 6, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Stack, Jr., Stack & Gallagher, Stephen P. Gallagher, Philadelphia, for petitioner.

William R. Davis, Secretary of the Commonwealth, Mollie A. McCurdy, Harrisburg, for respondent.

Before LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

Petitioner is a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia who desired to be a candidate for election to the seat on the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania vacated by the resignation of Judge Robert Williams on February 6, 1985. On that date petitioner initiated a declaratory judgment action in the Commonwealth Court requesting the court to declare that the vacant seat be filled at the 1985 municipal election and order...

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