Case Name: In re Nomination Petition of Edward A. TOMASELLI, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2006-04-25
Citations: 897 A.2d 1165
Docket Number: 
Parties: In re Nomination Petition of Edward A. TOMASELLI, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 897
Pages: 1165–1166

Head Matter:
In re Nomination Petition of Edward A. TOMASELLI, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 25, 2006.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 25th day of April 2006, the Petition of Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The Order of the Commonwealth Court dated March 31, 2006 is REVERSED. The burden of proof with regard to Objections to Nomination Petitions rests with the Objector. In re Nomination of Flaherty, 564 Pa. 671, 679, 770 A.2d 327,331 (2001). The Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dated March 21, 2006 is REINSTATED.