Stackhouse v. Commonwealth

I join the majority opinion but write separately to reflect my view that this Court need not recharacterize the nature of Appellant’s complaint in Count I, seeking declaratory and injunctive relief, as a compensatory claim to determine that the claim does not fall within the original jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Court.

In the instant matter, the Commonwealth argues that, according to statute, the Commonwealth Court has ancillary jurisdiction over any claim or other matter that is related to a claim or other matter otherwise within its exclusive original jurisdiction. 42 Pa.C.S. § 761(c).…