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PETITION OF PRENDERGAST

543 Pa. 498 (1996)

673 A.2d 324

In re Nomination Petition of Kathleen J. PRENDERGAST for the position of Representative in the General Assembly, 196th Legislative District — Democrat PETITION OF Francis X. McKEE, Democratic Elector, 196th Legislative District Kathleen J. Prendergast, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 2, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Amy L. Putnam, for Kathleen Prendergast.

Francis X. McKee, pro se.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court, which granted a petition to set aside the nomination petition of Appellant, Kathleen J. Prendergast, Democratic candidate for the position of Representative in the Pennsylvania General Assembly, 196th Legislative District. We find that because Appellant does not meet the qualifications for Representative as set forth in Article 2, Section 5, of the Pennsylvania...

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