COM., DEPT. OF EDUC. v. EMPOWERMENT BD.


938 A.2d 1000 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION v. The EMPOWERMENT BOARD OF CONTROL OF the CHESTER-UPLAND SCHOOL DISTRICT, Members Mark Wooley, Esquire, Kathy Schultz and Juan Baughn, Substituted Respondents Chester-Upland School District, Special Board of Control, Michael F.X. Gillin, B. Granville Lash and Adriene M. Irving Appeal of Chester-Upland School District Special Board of Control, Michael F.X. Gillin, and Wallace H. Nunn.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda J. Shorey, John P. Krill, Jr., Anthony Richard Holtzman, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart, Preston, Gates, Ellis, LLP, Leo A. Hackett, Law OFfices of Leo A. Hackett & Francis T. Sbandi, Harrisburg, for Wallace H. Nunn.

Wendy Beetlestone, Matthew Aaron Hamermesh, Joseph A. Dworetzky, Daniel Segal, Gregory Blechman David, Hangley, Aronchick, Segal & Pudlin, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for Dept. of Education.

Adrian Renz King, Jr., Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, L.L.P., Philadelphia, PA, for Juan Baughn, Marc Woolley, Kathy Schultz, and Empowerment Board of Control of the Chester Upland School Dist.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITGERALD, JJ.


OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

This case is the culmination of many months of acrimonious proceedings between the Chester-Upland School District Special Board of Control ("SBOC") and the appointees of the SBOC (collectively "Appellants") and the Department of Education ("Department") involving the financial distress status of the Chester-Upland School District ("District"). The appeal before us arises...

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