SHIRLEY v. PA. LEGIS. REFERENCE BUREAU

No. 79 MAP 2022.

308 A.3d 1251 (2024)

Jessica SHIRLEY, Interim Acting Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection and Acting Chairperson of the Environmental Quality Board, Appellant v. PENNSYLVANIA LEGISLATIVE REFERENCE BUREAU, Vincent C. Deliberato, Jr., Director of the Legislative Reference Bureau, and Amy J. Mendelsohn, Director of the Pennsylvania Code and Bulletin, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

February 9, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irwin William Aronson, Esq., Willig, Williams & Davidson, for Amicus Curiae PA State Building and Construction Trades Council, Harrisburg, PA.

Charles Owen Beckley II, Esq., Thomas Sanford Beckley, Esq., Beckley & Madden, LLC, for Amici Curiae Industrial Energy Consumers of Pennsylvania, National Federation of Independent Business, Pennsylvania Chamber of Business and Industry, Pennsylvania Energy Consumer Alliance, Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association.

Andrew Tyler Bockis, Esq., John Rolland Dixon, Esq., Blaine Robert Feinauer, Esq., Shane Patrick Simon, Esq., for Amici Curiae Calpine Corporation, Tenaska Westmoreland Management, Fairless Energy, L.L.C.

C. Baird Brown, Esq., eco(n)law LLC, for Amici Curiae Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, et al.

Eileen Kelly Conway, Esq., Michael E. Gehring, Esq., Stephen G. Harvey, Esq., Steve Harvey Law LLC, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Scientists.

Stephen A. Cozen, Esq., Cozen O'Connor, for Amici Curiae Constellation Energy Corporation, Constellation Energy Generation LLP.

John C. Dernbach, Esq., Widener University Commonwealth Law School, for Amicus Curiae Widener University Environmental Law and Sustainability Center.

Lawrence Levine, Esq., Mark Charles Szybist, Esq., Natural Resources Defense Council, for Amicus Curiae Natural Resources Defense Council.

Joseph Otis Minott, Esq., Clean Air Council, for Amicus Curiae Clean Air Council.

Jessica Rose O'Neill, Esq., Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, for Amici Curiae Citizens for Pennsylvania's Future, Sierra Club.

Davitt Bell Woodwell, Esq., Pennsylvania Environmental Council, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Environmental Council.

Robert Bruce McKinstry Jr., Esq., Pro Se.

John Chesley Burruss, Esq. , Thomas Joseph Gallagher IV, Esq. , Thomas W. Hazlett, Esq. , Brian Nolan Kearney, Esq. , David Pittinsky, Esq. , Travis Wood Watson, Esq. , Matthew Adam White, Esq. , Ballard Spahr, LLP, for Appellant Jessica Shirley.

Thomas Joseph Gallagher IV, Esq. , Thomas W. Hazlett, Esq. , Brian Nolan Kearney, Esq. , David Pittinsky, Esq. , Matthew Adam White, Esq. , Ballard Spahr, LLP, for Appellant Patrick J. McDonnell, Secretary of the Department of Environmental Protection.

Mark Andrew Bogush, Esq. , Andrew Butash, Esq. , Legislative Reference Bureau, Peter William Klein, Esq. , for Appellees Vincent C. DeLiberato, Jr., Amy J. Mendelson, Pennsylvania Legislative Reference Bureau.

Rodney A. Corey, Esq. , James Guthrie Mann, Esq. , Pennsylvania House of Representatives Republican Caucus, Erin Renee Kawa, Esq. , James John Kutz, Esq. , Post & Schell, P.C., for Appellees Bryan D. Cutler, Martin T. Causer.

J. Andrew Crompton, Esq. , Austin David Hughey, Esq. , Kandice Kerwin Hull, Esq. , Brigid Landy Khuri, Esq. , Errin Todd McCaulley Jr., Esq. , McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, for Appellees Pat Browne, Jake Corman, Kim Ward.

J. Andrew Crompton, Esq. , Kandice Kerwin Hull, Esq. , Brigid Landy Khuri, Esq. , Errin Todd McCaulley Jr., Esq. , McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, for Appellee Gene Yaw.


ORDER

AND NOW, this 9th day of February, 2024, the Application to Discontinue Appeal of Preliminary Injunction Order is GRANTED...

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