Legal Opinion

School District of Philadelphia v. Council of Philadelphia

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 15, 1989No. 487 Misc. Docket #4PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CRUMLISH, Jr., President Judge.

The School District of Philadelphia (District), Board of Education (Board), and Constance E. Clayton, Superintendent of Schools, appeal a Philadelphia County Common Pleas Court interlocutory order granting Valerie Gibson, Phyllis Ruffin and the Philadelphia City Council’s (Council) motion for peremptory judgment in mandamus.1 We affirm.

In March of 1988, the District submitted to the Council its preliminary “lump sum” statement,2 which included the *505District’s current allocation for child day-care programs. The District, subsequently faced with a projected…

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2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Wm. Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  2. Danson v. CaseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
  3. Commonwealth v. CaplanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
  4. Odgers v. Com., Unemp. Comp. Bd. of Rev.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Philadelphia Presbytery Homes, Inc. v. Abington Board of CommissionersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. State v. EdisonCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1990
  2. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School District of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  3. Hahn v. Marple Newtown School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  4. Frisch v. Penn TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

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