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PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOC. v. COM.

727 A.2d 632 (1999)

PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY, Julia D. Hall et al., Petitioners, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania; Honorable Tom Ridge, Governor et al., Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Costopoulos, Lemoyne, Gerald C. Grimaud, Tunkhannock, Gregory H. Knight, Harrisburg, and Robert A. Preate, Scranton, for petitioners.

Calvin R. Koons, Harrisburg, for respondents.

Before COLINS, President Judge, and McGINLEY, J., SMITH, J., PELLEGRINI, J., FRIEDMAN, J., KELLEY, J., and FLAHERTY, J.

COLINS, President Judge.

Presently before this Court are cross motions for judgment on the pleadings filed respectively by the petitioners, the Pennsylvania Prison Society, Julia D. Hall and others (collectively, the Prison Society) and by the respondents, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Ridge, and others (collectively, the Commonwealth).

The parties dispute the legality of changes to Article IV, Section 9 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, which...

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