CLARKE v. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF COM.

No. 493 M.D. 2007.

957 A.2d 361 (2008)

Councilperson Darrell L. CLARKE and Councilperson Donna Reed Miller, Petitioners v. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF the COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania and Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 26, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Bochetto and Scott P. Sigman, Philadelphia, for petitioners.

John P. Krill, Jr. and Anthony R. Holtzman, Harrisburg, for respondent, Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Jonathan F. Bloom, Philadelphia, for respondent, House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Carter S. Shields, Media, for intervenor, National Rifle Association.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and SMITH-RIBNER, Judge, and PELLEGRINI, Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge.


OPINION BY President Judge LEADBETTER.

Before this court are the preliminary objections of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (House), the Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Senate) and the National Rifle Association1 (NRA) to the complaint seeking declaratory judgment filed in our original jurisdiction by Philadelphia City Councilpersons Darrell L. Clarke and Donna Reed Miller (Petitioners).

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