Opinion
No. 46 MM 2022
05-31-2022
Ronald Lee Hicks Jr., Carolyn Batz McGee, Jeremy Allen Mercer, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Petitioner. Michael Philip Barbera, Barbera, Melvin & Svonavec, LLP, Somerset, PA, William Gleason Barbin, Cambria County Commissioners, Ebensburg, PA, Timothy Ross Bevevino, Swanson, Bevevino & Sharp, P.C., Warren, PA, Keith Adam Button, Shafer Law Firm, P.C., Meadville, PA, Nicholas Michael Centrella Jr., James Manly Parks, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Anthony V. Clarke, Bradford, PA, Joseph Matthias Cosgrove, Selingo Guagliardo, LLC, Kingston, PA, Joseph A. Curcillo III, Dauphin County Solicitor's Office, Harrisburg, PA, Jonathan Lee DeWald, McNerney, Page, Vanderlin & Hall, Williamsport, PA, Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, PC, State College, PA, James V. Fareri, McFall, Layman & Jordan, P.C, Stroudsburg, PA, Michael John Fischer, Office of Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, Mary Colleen Frens, West Chester, PA, Robert Scott Frycklund, Carbon County Commissioners, Jim Thorpe, PA, Christopher P. Gabriel, Cafardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis & Gabriel LLC, Sewickly, PA, Timothy Eugene Gates, Commonwealth of Pa., Harrisburg, PA, Daniel Donovan Grieser, Doylestown, PA, Melissa Ann Guiddy, Greensburg, PA, Maureen E. Herron, Norristown, PA, Nathan W. Karn, Hollidaysburg, PA, Cody Lee Kauffman, Berks County Solicitor's Office, Reading, PA, Wendell R. Kay, Honesdale, PA, Joshua S. Mazin, RepkaMazin, LLC, Nazareth, PA, Anthony John McDonald, Marinos, McDonald & Knecht, LLP, Berwick, PA, Molly Ruth Mudd, Adams County Courthouse, Gettysburg, PA, Melvin Eugene Newcomer, Lancaster, PA, Andrew W. Norfleet, Frank J. Lavery Jr., Lavery Law PC, Harrisburg, PA, Allan Joseph Opsitnick, Opsitnick and Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, John M. Purcell, John M. Purcell, PC, Uniontown, PA, Richard Eugene Santee, Shay, Santee, Kelhart & Deschler LLC, Bethlehem, PA, Nathaniel Justus Schmidt, Warren County Solicitor's Office, Warren, PA, Joseph David Smith, McCormick Law Firm, Williamsport, PA, Elliott Bernard Sulcove, Black And Davison P.C., Chambersburg, PA, Edwin Wilford Tompkins III, Cameron County Commissioners, Emporium, PA, Thomas George Wagner, Meyer Wagner Brown & Kraus, Saint Marys, PA, David Richard Warner Jr., Buzgon Davis Law Offices, Lebanon, PA, Richard Winkler, Titusville, PA, Donald Kenneth Zagurskie, Johnston & Zagurskie, PC, Mifflin, PA, Jacob Biehl Boyer, Office of Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, Amy Melaugh Fitzpatrick, The County Of Bucks-Law Department, Doylestown, PA, Nicole R. Forzato, Chester County Solicitor's Office, West Chester, PA, Sheryl Rae Heid, Fayette County Solicitor's Office, Uniontown, PA, Anna Skipper Jewart, Babst, Sean Robert Keagan, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Fredrick WIlliams Lighty, Rebecca Ann McCullough, Dauphin County Solicitor's Office, Harriburg, PA, John Amos Marlatt, Montgomery County Solicitor's Office, Norristown, PA, Andrew Francis Szefi, Allegheny County Law Department, Pittsburgh, PA, Jessica L. VanderKam, Stuckert and Yates, Newtown, PA, Michael John Vargo, Spitale Vargo Madsen & Blair, Easton, PA, Timoty James Witt, Watson Mundorff LLP, Connellsville, PA, for Respondent.
Ronald Lee Hicks Jr., Carolyn Batz McGee, Jeremy Allen Mercer, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur, LLP, Pittsburgh, PA, for Petitioner.
Michael Philip Barbera, Barbera, Melvin & Svonavec, LLP, Somerset, PA, William Gleason Barbin, Cambria County Commissioners, Ebensburg, PA, Timothy Ross Bevevino, Swanson, Bevevino & Sharp, P.C., Warren, PA, Keith Adam Button, Shafer Law Firm, P.C., Meadville, PA, Nicholas Michael Centrella Jr., James Manly Parks, Duane Morris LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Anthony V. Clarke, Bradford, PA, Joseph Matthias Cosgrove, Selingo Guagliardo, LLC, Kingston, PA, Joseph A. Curcillo III, Dauphin County Solicitor's Office, Harrisburg, PA, Jonathan Lee DeWald, McNerney, Page, Vanderlin & Hall, Williamsport, PA, Elizabeth A. Dupuis, Babst, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, PC, State College, PA, James V. Fareri, McFall, Layman & Jordan, P.C, Stroudsburg, PA, Michael John Fischer, Office of Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, Mary Colleen Frens, West Chester, PA, Robert Scott Frycklund, Carbon County Commissioners, Jim Thorpe, PA, Christopher P. Gabriel, Cafardi Ferguson Wyrick Weis & Gabriel LLC, Sewickly, PA, Timothy Eugene Gates, Commonwealth of Pa., Harrisburg, PA, Daniel Donovan Grieser, Doylestown, PA, Melissa Ann Guiddy, Greensburg, PA, Maureen E. Herron, Norristown, PA, Nathan W. Karn, Hollidaysburg, PA, Cody Lee Kauffman, Berks County Solicitor's Office, Reading, PA, Wendell R. Kay, Honesdale, PA, Joshua S. Mazin, RepkaMazin, LLC, Nazareth, PA, Anthony John McDonald, Marinos, McDonald & Knecht, LLP, Berwick, PA, Molly Ruth Mudd, Adams County Courthouse, Gettysburg, PA, Melvin Eugene Newcomer, Lancaster, PA, Andrew W. Norfleet, Frank J. Lavery Jr., Lavery Law PC, Harrisburg, PA, Allan Joseph Opsitnick, Opsitnick and Associates, Pittsburgh, PA, John M. Purcell, John M. Purcell, PC, Uniontown, PA, Richard Eugene Santee, Shay, Santee, Kelhart & Deschler LLC, Bethlehem, PA, Nathaniel Justus Schmidt, Warren County Solicitor's Office, Warren, PA, Joseph David Smith, McCormick Law Firm, Williamsport, PA, Elliott Bernard Sulcove, Black And Davison P.C., Chambersburg, PA, Edwin Wilford Tompkins III, Cameron County Commissioners, Emporium, PA, Thomas George Wagner, Meyer Wagner Brown & Kraus, Saint Marys, PA, David Richard Warner Jr., Buzgon Davis Law Offices, Lebanon, PA, Richard Winkler, Titusville, PA, Donald Kenneth Zagurskie, Johnston & Zagurskie, PC, Mifflin, PA, Jacob Biehl Boyer, Office of Attorney General, Philadelphia, PA, Amy Melaugh Fitzpatrick, The County Of Bucks-Law Department, Doylestown, PA, Nicole R. Forzato, Chester County Solicitor's Office, West Chester, PA, Sheryl Rae Heid, Fayette County Solicitor's Office, Uniontown, PA, Anna Skipper Jewart, Babst, Sean Robert Keagan, Calland, Clements and Zomnir, PC, Pittsburgh, PA, Fredrick WIlliams Lighty, Rebecca Ann McCullough, Dauphin County Solicitor's Office, Harriburg, PA, John Amos Marlatt, Montgomery County Solicitor's Office, Norristown, PA, Andrew Francis Szefi, Allegheny County Law Department, Pittsburgh, PA, Jessica L. VanderKam, Stuckert and Yates, Newtown, PA, Michael John Vargo, Spitale Vargo Madsen & Blair, Easton, PA, Timoty James Witt, Watson Mundorff LLP, Connellsville, PA, for Respondent.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 31st day of May, 2022, the Application of the Luzerne County Board of Elections to file an answer nunc pro tunc is GRANTED , and Petitioner's Application for the Court to Exercise Jurisdiction Pursuant to its King's Bench Powers and/or to Grant Extraordinary Relief is DENIED . The Applications for Intervention of Doctor Oz for Senate, Dr. Mehmet Oz, the National Republican Party, and the Republican Party of Pennsylvania are DENIED as moot.