THORNBURGH v. LEWIS


504 Pa. 206 (1983)

470 A.2d 952

Governor Dick THORNBURGH and Jay C. Waldman, Appellants, v. H. Craig LEWIS, State Senator, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 30, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Krill, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Richard J. Welsh, Doylestown, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.


OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The question in this appeal is whether the executive branch of our Commonwealth may, at the request of the Minority Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, be required to supply certain budgetary information. We have jurisdiction of the appeal pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 723(a), the matter having been brought within the Commonwealth Court's original jurisdiction. Because the facts...

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