League of Women Voters v. Commonwealth

COLINS, President Judge.

I. BACKGROUND

On July 19, 1995, Common Cause of Pennsylvania filed a petition for review in this Court’s original jurisdiction attacking on constitutional grounds the enactment of the general appropriations bill for fiscal year 1995-96 as enacted by the General Assembly of Pennsylvania and signed into law by the Governor. Following the grant of a partial preliminary injunction on August 1, 1995, an era banc panel of this Court ultimately determined that the enactment of the General Appropriations Act of 1995-96(GAA) was in violation of numerous mandatory constitutional…