Terry Jones, et al. v. Council for the Borough of Nuangola, et al. (Per Curiam Order)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT TERRY H. JONES, GERARD MASKINS, : JOHN HUGHES, JR., MADELYN : HUGHES, RONALD KAISER, PATRICIA : KAISER, CHARLES KINSMAN, EDWARD : JOHNSON, BETSY JOHNSON, CARL : KARASKA, AND LORI KARASKA, : JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, : : Appellees : : v. : : COUNCIL FOR THE BOROUGH OF : NUANGOLA AND JOHN J. KOCHAN, : JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, : : Appellants : No. 50 MAP 2007 Appeal from the Orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Luzerne County entered April 5, 2007, April 13, 2007 and May 3, 2007 at No. 3279-2007. ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 21st day of November, 2007, the orders of the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas dated April 5, 2007, April 13, 2007, and May 3, 2007 are reversed based upon Appellees lack of standing to bring an action in quo warranto. See Commonwealth ex rel. Judicial Conduct Bd. v. Griffin, 918 A.2d 87, 93 (Pa. 2007) (holding that standing to pursue a quo warranto action is limited to public entities such as the Attorney General or the local district attorney, with the exception that private individuals may have standing if specially damaged or able to demonstrate an interest beyond that shared by the citizens of the municipality).

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