Citizens for State Hospital v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Palladino,

Before us in this case are the preliminary objections of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the Governor of the Commonwealth, the Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), and the President of the Board of Trustees of Scranton State General Hospital (collectively the Commonwealth) to a petition, in the nature of a complaint in equity, filed in this court’s original jurisdiction by: Citizens for State Hospital; Dr. Alexander M. Munchak, Chairman of Citizens for State Hospital; Senior Citizens of Lackawanna County; Vicky Wittenbreder, President of Senior…