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LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA v. COMMONWEALTH

No. 261 M.D. 2017.

177 A.3d 1000 (2017)

LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, Carmen Febo San Miguel, James Solomon, John Greiner, John Capowski, Gretchen Brandt, Thomas Rentschler, Mary Elizabeth Lawn, Lisa Isaacs, Don Lancaster, Jordi Comas, Robert Smith, William Marx, Richard Mantell, Priscilla McNulty, Thomas Ulrich, Robert McKinstry, Mark Lichty, Lorraine Petrosky, Petitioners, v. The COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania; The Pennsylvania General Assembly; Thomas W. Wolf, In His Capacity As Governor of Pennsylvania; Michael J. Stack III, In His Capacity As Lieutenant Governor of Pennsylvania And President of the Pennsylvania Senate; Michael C. Turzai, In His Capacity As Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives; Joseph B. Scarnati III, In His Capacity As Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore; Robert Torres, In His Capacity As Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Jonathan M. Marks, In His Capacity As Commissioner of the Bureau of Commissions, Elections, and Legislation of the Pennsylvania Department of State, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 22, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathleen A. Gallagher , Pittsburgh, and Jason Torchinsky , Warrenton, VA, for respondent Rep. Michael C. Turzai.

Brian S. Paszamant , Philadelphia, for respondent Joseph B. Scarnati, III.

David P. Gersch , Washington, DC, and Mary M. McKenzie , Philadelphia, for petitioners.

BEFORE: HONORABLE P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge.

Presently before the Court for disposition are various discovery matters, which raise, inter alia, the applicability of Article 2, Section 15 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, also known as the Speech and Debate Clause. Respondents the Pennsylvania General Assembly, Speaker of Pennsylvania House of Representatives...

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