Stilp v. Commonwealth

DOYLE, Judge.

Before this Court in our original jurisdiction is the preliminary objection of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor Thomas J. Ridge, and Treasurer Catherine Baker Knoll1 (Respondents) to the “Complaint in Mandamus and Bill of Equity” filed by Gene Stilp.2

Stilp is a Pennsylvania citizen proceeding pro se, who filed this present action challenging Act 51,3 an act amending the Public Official Compensation Law (Law),4 on eonsti-tutional grounds. Act 51 amended the Law to give members of the General Assembly, judges, as well as executive branch officials a pay increase. With…