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SEARS v. CORBETT

No. 121 M.D. 2011

49 A.3d 463 (2012)

Sheryl SEARS; Ronald J. Guiney; Florence Spanos; Barbara L. Miller; Randell Devlin; Kathleen Devlin; Sallye Fiscus; Nicholas Balandiat; Loretta E. Maierhofer; Mary Gallagher; Daniel Cecchetti; Michele Yamshon; Vicki L. Mazzaferro; Madeline Martucci; Gary Carpinello; Karen Carpinello; Diane Holbert; Arthur W. Cunningham, Jr.; Dana Cunningham; Dolores Lobiondo; Michael Lobiondo; Carol Kuhns; Tammy Bevan; Alicia Rager; Teresa Liberato; Valerie Benko; John C. Egan; Tammy Gross; Blanche Hoover; Joseph D. Steiner; Cynthia Brazen; Susan Antoszewski; Angela Stetz; Bonnie Zuzo; Carol Weiss; Linda Saunders; Louise Schneider; Linda Gorsuch; Alex J. Deritis, Sr.; Sharon Thir; Becky Thir; Barbara Sims; Frank Sims; Carol L. Devers; Debbie A. Kraft; Deborah A. McGrady; Jeff C. Miller; David Lipstein; Bonnie Lipstein; Thomas R. Haberman; William A. Roth; David Dawson; Victoria D. Hartsek; Jeanine Richards; Kelly Richards; William Ainsworth; William Briggs; Lorraine Capalbo; Chris Iams; Ronald Kaplan; Joan O'Shea; Kimberly Thomas; Bianca Willis; Shawn Willis; Pamela R. Alwine; Barbara A. Beam; Beverly A. Corcoran; James J. Corcoran; Kristyn L. Corcoran; Billye Glenn; David McKee; Christina A. Miller; Particia Vargulish; Dora M. Alexander; and Joda L. Schena, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Petitioners v. Tom CORBETT as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Charles Zogby as Secretary of Budget of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Samuel H. Smith as Speaker of the House; Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Joseph B. Scarnati, III, as President Pro Tempore of the Senate; and Department of Treasury of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 27, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Caroselli, Pittsburgh, for petitioners.

Jonathan F. Bloom, Philadelphia, for respondents.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and McGINLEY, Judge, and PELLEGRINI, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge, and BROBSON, Judge, and McCULLOUGH, Judge.

OPINION BY Judge McCULLOUGH.

Presently before the Court are the preliminary objections of Governor Tom Corbett, Budget Secretary Charles Zogby, the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and its elected, presiding officers (hereafter Respondents) to the second amended petition for review in the nature of a class action complaint filed by Petitioners seeking declaratory, mandamus, and equitable relief with respect to Respondents' alleged violations of...

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