Case Name: John RULLI, Appellant, v. Daniel T. DUNN, Warren L. Shaffer and Pennsylvania State Police and Jay Cochran, Jr., and Michael Gavitt, Appellees
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1986-07-23
Citations: 355 Pa. Super. 16
Docket Number: No. 719
Parties: John RULLI, Appellant, v. Daniel T. DUNN, Warren L. Shaffer and Pennsylvania State Police and Jay Cochran, Jr., and Michael Gavitt, Appellees.
Judges: Before BROSKY, DEL SOLE and MONTGOMERY, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 355
Pages: 16–17

Head Matter:
512 A.2d 721
John RULLI, Appellant, v. Daniel T. DUNN, Warren L. Shaffer and Pennsylvania State Police and Jay Cochran, Jr., and Michael Gavitt, Appellees.
Superior Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued June 24, 1986.
Filed July 23, 1986.
Louis P. Vitti, Pittsburgh, for appellant.
Eugene G. Berry, Pittsburgh, for appellees.
Before BROSKY, DEL SOLE and MONTGOMERY, JJ.

Opinion:
DEL SOLE, Judge:
The Plaintiff filed an action in trespass against the Pennsylvania State Police and the named defendants who were acting in their official capacity as members of that state agency.
Subsequently, preliminary objections to the plaintiff's complaint were sustained and the complaint dismissed.
The plaintiff thereupon filed an appeal to the Superior Court of Pennsylvania from the dismissal of his complaint.
42 Pa.C.S.A. § 762(a)(1) provides that the Commonwealth Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of appeals which involve the Commonwealth government including officers thereof who are acting in their official capacity.
The nature and subject matter of this litigation deals with the actions of the officers of the Pennsylvania State Police in their official capacity and the State Police itself. Therefore, this appeal is properly before the Commonwealth Court by virtue of its exclusive jurisdiction in this area and it is hereby transferred to that court for determination.