Legal Opinion

Fraternal Order of Police v. City of York

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 17, 1998No. 1769 C.D. 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

FLAHERTY, Judge.

The City of York and the City of York Police Pension Fund Association (City) appeal from an order of the York County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) dismissing the City’s exceptions to an arbitration award which increased the City’s financial responsibility for the pension benefits of City police. We affirm.

In September 1990, the Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) filed an action for declaratory *856and injunctive relief in the trial court challenging the facial and applied validity of a City pension ordinance. The complaint alleged that the ordinance deprived police officers of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Guthrie v. Borough of WilkinsburgSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
  2. Baker v. Chartiers TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  3. County of Lehigh v. American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees, District Council 88, Local 543Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Green v. BrooksCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1999
  2. Tongel v. City of PittsburghCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  3. K. Thanhauser and R. Logan v. Douglass Twp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
  4. Wilmington Twp. v. C. HahnCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Wilmington Twp. v. C. HahnCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020

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