Pelton v. Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare

Opinion by

Judge MacPhail,

■ This case was commenced in this Court by a Petition for Review addressed to both our appellate and original jurisdiction.1 The matter was subsequently removed to the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on petition of the Department of Public Welfare (DPW). That court granted the motion of Anna Pelton and Nancy Boud*183man (Petitioners) for class certification and entered an order upholding DPW’s position that its interpretation of the regulation found at 55 Pa. Code §175.23(e) (2) (iv)2 was consistent with the federal statutory and…