East Suburban Press, Inc. v. Township of Penn Hills

Opinion by

Judge Ckaig,

This declaratory judgment proceeding involves specifications of the Newspaper Advertising Act1 (Act) which a newspaper must meet in order to carry legal advertising. In addition to a question of interpretation, we also have a question of whether or not an unconstitutional delegation of legislative power is involved in the requirement that a newspaper, to qualify, must be eligible for the second class mailing privileges of the United States Postal Service.

East Suburban Press, Inc. (East Suburban), publisher of a paper called The Green Tab, which is primarily distributed…