Finn v. Rendell, PICS Case No. 10-1204 (Pa. Commw. Feb. 2, 2010) Leadbetter, P. J. (12 pages).
Although county commissioners had standing to bring an action to compel the commonwealth to reimburse Mountour County 65 percent of its full-time district attorney’s salary, the claims were barred by sovereign immunity, the doctrine of separation of powers, and both the speech or debate clause and the clause prohibiting payment of money from the treasury without appropriations or warrants in the Pennsylvania constitution. The Commonwealth Court sustained preliminary objections.
