Title: Committee to Keep our Public Schools Public, et al. v. Secretary of Education, et al. (Per Curiam Order)

State: pennsylvania

Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

Document:

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT COMMITTEE TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC; PHILADELPHIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFT, LOCAL 3, AFL-CIO; NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FIREMEN AND OILERS SCHOOL EMPLOYEES UNION, LOCAL 1201, SEIU, AFL-CIO; SCHOOL POLICE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA; SCHOOL CAFETERIA EMPLOYEES, LOCAL NO. 634, HERE, AFL-CIO; BARBARA RUGLETIC; ROCHELLE MCQUEEN; SARA ORTIZ; AND BARBARA SHANKIN, Appellants v. THE HONORABLE MARK SCHWEIKER, GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA; CHARLES B. ZOGBY, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION; SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA; EDISON SCHOOLS, INC.; AND H. CHRISTOPHER WHITTLE, Appellees * * * * * * COMMITTEE TO KEEP OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS PUBLIC AND ROZ SPIEGEL AS ITS COORDINATOR; PHILADELPHIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFT, LOCAL 3, AFL-CIO AND TED KIRSCH AS ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM; NATIONAL CONFERENCE OF FIREMEN AND OILERS SCHOOL EMPLOYEES UNION, LOCAL 1201, SEIU, AFL-CIO AND THOMAS DOYLE AS ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM; SCHOOL POLICE ASSOCIATION OF PHILADELPHIA AND MICHAEL : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 3 EAP 2002 Appeal from the December 31, 2001 Memorandum and December 27, 2001 Order of the Commonwealth Court, at No. 625 M.D. 2001, denying Appellants’ Application for a Preliminary Injunction * * * * * * No. 29 EAP 2002 Appeal from the Opinion and Order of the Commonwealth Court, dated July 29, 2002, at No. 625 M.D. 2001, sustaining Appellees’ Preliminary Objections and Dismissing Appellants’ Amended Petition for Review 803 A.2d 869 (2002) LODISE AS ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM; SCHOOL CAFETERIA EMPLOYEES, LOCAL NO. 634, HERE, AFL-CIO AND SAM COOK AS ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM; BARBARA RUGLETIC; ROCHELLE MCQUEEN; SARA ORTIZ; AND BARBARA SHANKIN, Appellants v. THE HONORABLE MARK SCHWEIKER, GOVERNOR OF PENNSYLVANIA AND HIS APPOINTEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES AND/OR DESIGNEES; CHARLES B. ZOGBY, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION, PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION; SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA; EDISON SCHOOLS, INC. AND ITS APPOINTEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES AND/OR DESIGNEES; AND H. CHRISTOPHER WHITTLE, AS PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AND HIS APPOINTEES, AGENTS, REPRESENTATIVES AND/OR DESIGNEES, Appellees : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 28th day of October, 2003, the Orders of the Commonwealth Court are hereby affirmed.