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BEHARRY ET AL. APPEAL

Nos. 3117 C.D. 1985 and 3259 C.D. 1985.

109 Pa.Commw. 604 (1987)

531 A.2d 836

General Election — 1985. Patricia A. Beharry, Controller of Washington County, Candidate for re-election, and The Committee for Court House Reform through Peter M. Suwak and Patricia A. Beharry, guardians ad litem, Appellants. General Election — 1985. Patricia A. Beharry, Controller of Washington County, Candidate for re-election, and The Committee for Court House Reform through Peter M. Suwak and Patricia A. Beharry, guardians ad litem, Appellants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued May 22, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter M. Suwak, for appellants.

George Retos, Jr., Retos, Held & Mascara, for appellees.

Before Judges CRAIG and BARRY, and Senior Judge NARICK, sitting as a panel of three.

OPINION BY JUDGE CRAIG, September 30, 1987:

The most significant issue in this case, among the several questions presented, is whether the power of a court of common pleas to supervise the conduct of elections includes authority to suspend conduct of an election in precincts suffering from emergency conditions and to order the resumption and completion of those particular election processes on a date shortly thereafter, when the emergency is over.

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