Pennsylvania State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police v. Commonwealth, Department of Conservation & Natural Resources

OPINION BY

President Judge COLINS.

Before the Court, in our original jurisdiction, 1 are the preliminary objections of Respondents, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Conservation and Natural Resources 2 (Department) filed in response to Petitioner’s, the Pennsylvania State Lodge, Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), two-count Complaint wherein the FOP seeks relief in mandamus and a declaratory judgment. The Department’s initial challenge is to the standing of the FOP to bring this action; the secondary challenge presumes standing, and questions in the alternative, whether the FOP has…