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FISHER v. COM., DEPT. OF PUBLIC WELFARE

509 Pa. 164 (1985)

501 A.2d 617

Sandra A. FISHER, et al., v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellant. Gregory MATIC v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean E. Graybill, Asst. Counsel, John A. Kane, Acting Chief Counsel, John P. Krill, Dep. Gen. Counsel, Harrisburg, for Com., Dept. of Public Welfare.

David Woodward, Harry S. Geller, Legal Services Inc., Chambersburg, for Sandra A. Fisher.

David Gates, Bucks County Legal Aid Society, Bristol, for Gunther Schneider.

Peter Zurflieh, Harrisburg, for Enrique Arabi.

Rebecca L. Peace, Blair County Legal Services Corp., Pittsburgh, for William Sharp.

Richard A. Katz, Central Pa. Legal Services, Lancaster, for Arturo LaRue.

Lorraine D. Taylor, Neighborhood Legal Service Assn., McKeesport, for Gregory Matic.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

Given the substantial public importance of the question involved in these consolidated appeals, and the scant and evenly divided authority existing thereon, we have deemed it appropriate to grant discretionary review. In this case of first impression, we are concerned, primarily, with a matter of statutory construction in which the intent of the Legislature is controlling. After evidence was presented before a hearing officer...

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