Case Name: In re NOMINATION PETITION OF GORDON MARBURGER for the Republican Nomination for Representative in the General Assembly from the 12th District in the Republican Primary of May 20, 2014. Appeal of James S. Powers and Marlene E. Lott
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2014-05-02
Citations: 625 Pa. 339
Docket Number: No. 15 WAP 2014
Parties: In re NOMINATION PETITION OF GORDON MARBURGER for the Republican Nomination for Representative in the General Assembly from the 12th District in the Republican Primary of May 20, 2014. Appeal of James S. Powers and Marlene E. Lott.
Judges: BEFORE: CASTILLE C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and STEVENS, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 625
Pages: 339–340

Head Matter:
91 A.3d 1230
In re NOMINATION PETITION OF GORDON MARBURGER for the Republican Nomination for Representative in the General Assembly from the 12th District in the Republican Primary of May 20, 2014. Appeal of James S. Powers and Marlene E. Lott.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted on Briefs April 23, 2014.
Decided May 2, 2014.
Kathleen Marie Kotula, Esq., PA Department of State, for Department of State.
Jesse David Daniel, Esq., Serene Law Firm, LLC, Indiana, for James S. Powers and Marlene E. Lott.
Richard J. Cromer, Esq., Pittsburgh, Alexander Brening Wright, Esq., Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampi, L.L.C., for Gordon Marburger.
BEFORE: CASTILLE C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and STEVENS, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 2nd day of May, 2014, the Order of the Commonwealth Court is hereby REVERSED. See In re Nomination Petition of Guzzardi, 625 Pa. 336, 91 A.3d 701, 2014 WL 1758139 (2014) (per curiam order with opinions to follow) (stating that nunc pro tunc principles cannot apply to cure a fatal defect under Section 1104(b)(3) of the Ethics Act, 65 Pa.C.S. § 1104(b)(3)).
It is further ORDERED that Gordon Marburger's name is to be STRICKEN from the primary ballot for the Republican Party nomination for the Office of Representative in the General Assembly from the 12th District.
Justice BAER files a concurring statement in which Madame Justice TODD joins.