Legal Opinion
South Whitehall Township Police Service v. South Whitehall Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 3, 1989No. 125 E.D. Appeal Docket 1988PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
The issue presented for our consideration by this appeal is whether appellant, the collective bargaining agent for the uniformed police of South Whitehall Township, has standing to bring an action in equity which challenges a policy instituted by their police chief, requiring a particular number of public contacts per month and imposing disciplinary sanctions for noncompliance, on the basis of Act 114, which prohibits the establishment of a quota system for the issuance of traffic citations, tickets, or any other citations. 1
On January 29, 1982, appellee,…
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