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CAMIEL v. THORNBURGH

507 Pa. 337 (1985)

489 A.2d 1360

Honorable Peter J. CAMIEL, as Vice Chairman of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, and Honorable James J. Dodaro, as a member of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Petitioners, v. Honorable Richard J. THORNBURGH, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent, and Honorable Thomas D. Larsen, as Secretary of Transportation and ex officio member of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission and Honorable Frank A. Ursomarso, as a member of the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Respondents/Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 4, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis R. Martin, Kevin F. Longenbach, Harrisburg, for petitioner Pa. Turnpike Com'n.

John P. Krill, Jr., Deputy Gen. Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondents.

Carleton O. Strouss, Harrisburg, Spencer A. Manthorpe, Philadelphia, for intervenors Dept. of Trans.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

In 1978 the legislature authorized the Turnpike Commission to undertake a number of construction projects, including the widening to six lanes of the Pennsylvania turnpike in the Philadelphia area, which work would be financed by the issuance "of bonds, notes or other obligations of the commission in an amount equal to the costs of the projects. . . ." Act of Sept. 8, 1959, P.L. 828, § 3, added 1978, Nov. 26,...

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