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Joseph B. Scarnati, Senator and President pro tempore of the Senate of PA v. Tom Wolf, Governor of PA

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided December 30, 2015No. 579 M.D. 2014PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER.

In the underlying petition for review (PFR) seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, the Senator Petitioners (Senators) challenge as unconstitutional former Governor Thomas Corbett’s partial disapproval of the General Appropriations Act of 2014 (GAA) and 2014 Fiscal Code Amendments (FCA). 1 Presently before the court are Respondents’ preliminary objections seeking dismissal of the PFR for lack of standing, and Senators’ application for partial summary relief seeking judgment in their favor regarding Counts I and II of their PFR (asserting that the…

2Cases cited34 opinions

  1. Wm. Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. The Pocket Veto CaseSupreme Court of the United States · 1929
  3. Common Cause of Pennsylvania v. PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
  4. Commonwealth v. BarnettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1901
  5. Wright v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Scarnati, J.,et al, Aplts. v. Wolf, T.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  2. Scarnati, J.,et al, Aplts. v. Wolf, T.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  3. Scarnati, J.,et al, Aplts. v. Wolf, T.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  4. Scarnati, J.,et al, Aplts. v. Wolf, T.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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