Consumer Party v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Consumer Party of Pennsylvania and Defendants R. Budd Dwyer, State Treasurer of the *612Commonwealth, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania have filed cross-motions for summary judgment. Defendants, the House of Representatives and the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Henry Hager, President Pro Tempore of the Senate, and K. Leroy Irvis, Speaker of the House (General Assembly) have filed various preliminary objections. At issue is the constitutionality of that part of Senate Bill 2701 which provided for increases in pay and expenses for the…