In Re: Nomination Papers of Sherrie Cohen

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
EASTERN DISTRICT
IN RE: NOMINATION PAPERS OF : No. 455 EAL 2019
SHERRIE COHEN AS CANDIDATE FOR :
THE OFFICE OF PHILADELPHIA CITY :
COUNCIL-AT-LARGE : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Commonwealth Court
:
PETITION OF: SHERRIE COHEN :
IN RE: NOMINATION PAPERS OF : No. 456 EAL 2019
SHERRIE COHEN AS CANDIDATE FOR :
THE OFFICE OF PHILADELPHIA CITY :
COUNCIL-AT-LARGE : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Commonwealth Court
:
PETITION OF: SHERRIE COHEN :
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 26th day of September, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal
is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all
remaining issues. The issue rephrased for clarity, is:
Did the Commonwealth Court and the trial court err by not
considering the withdrawal of Candidate’s nomination petition
by court order to be a voluntary withdrawal that would allow
her to file nomination papers pursuant to Packrall v. Quail, 192
A.2d 704 (Pa. 1963)?
The Prothonotary is directed to set an expedited briefing schedule.