Court Opinion

ID: 9726991
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 13:16:17.5725+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:25:32.558739
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING OPINION BY
Judge FRIEDMAN.
I concur in the result. However, it is a long-standing principle that courts should not address a constitutional question if the case can be decided on non-constitutional grounds. West v. Hampton Township Sanitary Authority, 661 A.2d 459 (Pa. Cmwlth.1995). Instead of addressing the constitutional question here,- I would decide the case on the standing issue, dismissing the petition for review because the retirees lack standing to challenge the 2001 amendments to the Public School Employees’ Retirement Code, 24 Pa. C.S. §§ 8101-8535.