Stilp v. COM., GENERAL ASSEMBLY

OPINION

Justice CASTILLE.

The two issues presented in these cross-appeals are: (1) whether a taxpayer, Gene Stilp, has standing to seek, inter alia, a declaratory judgment that the Commonwealth’s Auditor General has the authority and duty to audit the financial accounts of the General Assembly (the legislators’ appeal); and (2) if the taxpayer does have standing to seek such relief, whether the Auditor General has the authority to audit the General Assembly’s financial accounts (Stilp’s appeal). The Commonwealth Court, sitting en banc, determined that Stilp had taxpayer standing to bring this…