STILP v. COM.


910 A.2d 775 (2006)

Gene STILP, Petitioner v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, General Assembly, Robert C. Jubelirer, David Brightbill, Robert Mellow, John M. Perzel, Sam Smith, H.W. DeWeese, Leadership of the General Assembly, Edward G. Rendell, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Robert P. Casey, Jr., Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 13, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gene Stilp, petitioner, pro se.

Amanda L. Smith, Deputy Attorney General and Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Harrisburg, for Edward G. Rendell.

John P. Krill, Jr., Harrisburg, for respondents, Robert C. Jubelirer and David Brightbill.

James F. Tierney, IV, Scranton, for respondent, Robert J. Mellow.

Thomas W. Dymek, Philadelphia, for respondents, John M. Perzel, Samuel H. Smith, and William DeWeese.

Sally Ann Ulrich, Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent, Robert P. Casey, Jr.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and McGINLEY, Judge, and PELLEGRINI, Judge, and LEADBETTER, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

In this original jurisdiction matter, a resident taxpayer challenges on constitutional grounds the availability to state legislators of anything of benefit beyond "salary and mileage." Also, constitutional challenges are raised to local grant monies, referred to as "walking around money" or "WAMs," and to leadership accounts. In addition to the General Assembly and the named legislative leaders of...

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