Howard Association's Appeal

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• holding that sovereign immunity does not bar a mandamus action against the Governor and the Department of Transportation to compel their performance in accordance with constitutional and legislative mandates
• holding that sovereign immunity does not bar a mandamus action against the Governor and the Department of Transportation to compel their perform-anee in accordance with constitutional and legislative mandates
• finding the Commonwealth Court lacked jurisdiction to determine contractual claims brought against the Commonwealth by the City of Philadelphia and certain city officials, even though plaintiffs sought equitable relief, as Board of Claims had exclusive jurisdiction
• overruling the State’s preliminary objections to the City’s mandamus action to compel the State to expend money appropriated for highway repairs and to reimburse the City the cost of highway repairs that the State was required to make by statute

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