Parsons v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency

910 A.2d 177 (2006)

Jim PARSONS, Jan Murphy, and Martha Raffaele, Petitioners,

v.

PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued September 13, 2006.

Decided November 15, 2006.

Craig J. Staudenmaier, Harrisburg, for petitioners.

William H. Lamb, West Chester, for respondent.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and McGINLEY, Judge, SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge.

OPINION BY Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

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