Case History

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• Remand to Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
• Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Remand to Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

• Order Directing Respondents to File Answer to Petition for Review
• Respondents (Scarnati): Application to Dismiss and Brief in Support of Application to Dismiss
• Respondents (Legislative Branch): Application for Relief
• Order Permitting Supplemental Briefings
• Respondents (Scarnati): Supplemental Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections
• Respondents (Turzai): Supplemental Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections
• Respondents (Executive Branch): Supplemental Brief on Preliminary Objections
• Petitioners’ Opposition to Respondents’ Supplemental Briefs in Support of Preliminary Objections
• Petitioners’ Opposition to Respondent Scarnati’s Mootness Application
• Respondents (Scarnati): Reply to Petitioners’ Opposition to Application in the Nature of a Motion to Dismiss for Mootness
• Respondents: State Board of Education Response to Application for Relief
• Respondents: Executive Respondents’ Brief in Response to Respondent Scarnati’s Mootness Application
• Respondents (Scarnati): Application for Decision of the Application In the Nature of a Motion to Dismiss for Mootness
• Petitioners’ Response to the Application for Decision of the Application In the Nature of a Motion to Dismiss for Mootness
• Respondents (Scarnati): Reply to Petitioners’ Answer to Application for a Decision of the Application In the Nature of a Motion to Dismiss for Mootness
• Order Denying Motion to Dismiss for Mootness
• Scheduling Order
• Order Granting Extension of Time to File
• May 28 2020 Order Granting Extension of Time to File
• Memorandum Opinion on Written Discovery to Speaker Cutler
• April 1 2021 Order Granting Extension of Time to File and Setting Tentative Trial Date
• Scheduling Order Setting Trial Start Date for September 9, 2021

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

• Brief of Appellants
• Amicus Brief in Support of the Appellants–Consortium for Public Education
• Amicus Brief in Support of the Appellants–PCCY et al.
• Amicus Brief in Support of the Appellants–Law School Professors
• Amicus Brief in Support of the Appellants–Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers
• Respondents (Executive Branch): Brief of Appellees
• Respondents (Legislative Branch): Brief of Appellees
• Reply Brief of Appellants
• Amicus Brief in Support of the Appellants–City of Philadelphia
• Opinion
• Concurring Opinion (Dougherty)
• Dissenting Opinion (Saylor)
• Dissenting Opinion (Baer)

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

• Complaint
• Press Release
• Respondents (Executive Branch): Preliminary Objections
• Respondents (Legislative Branch): Preliminary Objections 
• Respondents (Legislative Branch): Proposed Order
• Petitioners: Answer to Executive Branch Preliminary Objections
• Petitioners: Answer to Legislative Branch Preliminary Objections
• Scheduling Order for Briefing Preliminary Objections
• Respondents (Executive Branch): Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections
• Respondents (Legislative Branch): Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections
• Respondents (Legislative Branch): Answer to Application for Leave to Intervene
• Respondents (Legislative Branch): Memorandum of Law in Opposition to Application for Leave to Intervene
• Application for Automatic Substitution of Parties
• Order Denying Application to Intervene
• Petitioners: Brief in Opposition to Respondents’ Preliminary Objections
• Amicus Brief in Support of the Petitioners–Consortium for Public Education
• Amicus Brief in Support of the Petitioners–Philadelphia Federation of Teachers and American Federation of Teachers
• Amicus Brief in Support of the Petitioners–Law School Professors
• Amicus Brief in Support of the Petitioners–PCCY et al.
• Respondents (Legislative Branch): Reply Brief in Support of Preliminary Objections
• Commonwealth Court Order
• Notice of Appeal
• Jurisdictional Statement
• Commonwealth Court Opinion Overruling Preliminary Objections and Deferring Ruling on the Application for Dismissal