In re: Objection to Nomination Petition of Williams-Witherspoon (Summary Disposition)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT IN RE: OBJECTION TO NOMINATION PETITION OF DR. KIMMIKA WILLIAMSWITHERSPOON FOR THE OFFICE OF BOROUGH COUNCIL IN THE THIRD WARD OF THE BOROUGH OF DARBY PETITION OF: DONALD DEIGH : No. 335 MAL 2007 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the : Order of the Commonwealth Court : : ORDER PER CURIAM DECIDED: May 1, 2007 It is hereby ORDERED that the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED limited to the following issue, on which an opinion will follow: Whether the Commonwealth Court misapplied In re Benninghoff, 852 A.2d 1182 (Pa. 2004) and In re Carroll, 896 A.2d 566 (Pa. 2006), and erred in reversing the trial court s grant of a petition to set aside Nomination Petition where Candidate admittedly failed to disclose known information on her Statement of Financial Interest and as required by the Ethics Act and the information required was not discernible to an elector from the information provided on Candidate s Statement of Financial Interest. The order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed.

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