LEONARD ET AL. v. THORNBURGH ET AL.

No. 1724 C.D. 1983.

78 Pa.Commw. 216 (1983)

Thomas A. Leonard et al., Petitioners v. Richard L. Thornburgh, Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania et al., Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 4, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas A. Leonard, for petitioners.

Jill A. Douthett, Divisional Deputy City Solicitor, with her John M. Myers, Divisional Deputy City Solicitor, Pamela L. Perry, Chief Assistant City Solicitor, and Janet S. Holcombe, Assistant City Solicitor.

William S. Rawls, Executive Deputy Attorney General, with him Maura A. Johnston, Robert Coyne and Allen C. Warshaw, Deputy Attorneys General, and LeRoy S. Zimmerman, Attorney General, for respondents.

Argued September 13, 1983, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges ROGERS, WILLIAMS, JR., CRAIG, MacPHAIL and BARRY.


OPINION BY PRESIDENT JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., November 4, 1983:

Governor Richard L. Thornburgh and Secretary of Revenue James Scheiner have filed preliminary objections to the petition for review of Kathleen Leonard. We sustain the preliminary objection which would remove Governor Thornburgh as a party to this action. The remaining preliminary objections are overruled.

The facts are recited extensively in Leonard v. Thornburgh, 75 Pa...

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