Opinion
The appeals in these cases properly lie in the Superior Court by virtue of the Act of December 2, 1968, P. L. , §1, 12 P.S. §1111.1, implementing in part Section 9 of Article 5 of the Pennsylvania Constitution. We have, however, entertained these appeals and likewise the appeal in Romanik Appeal, 438 Pa. 543, 264 A. 2d 404 (1970), because if we were to remit to the Superior Court the cases would become moot prior to decision due to the imminence of the primary election of May 19, 1970, and because, as we have noted in other cases recently decided, Plains Township School
Having considered these cases on the merits, the orders of the courts below are affirmed.
Mr. Chief Justice Bell, took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases.