City of Pittsburgh v. County of Allegheny

Opinion by

Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.

The City of Pittsburgh (the City) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), overruling the City’s procedural 1 objection to the placing of a Home Rule Charter amendment referendum on the ballot by the County of Allegheny, Department of Administrative Services, Election Division (the Election Division). 2 We now reverse.

The Pittsburgh Firefighters, Local No. 1 (the firefighters) circulated petitions to place the following question on the official November 2, 2004, ballot as a Special Election question:

In order to…