Legal Opinion
In re City of Scranton
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 11, 1994PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGINLEY, Judge.
This is an appeal by the City of Scranton (City) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County (common pleas court) which denied the City’s request for approval of a one-year increase in the nonresident earned income tax from 1.0 percent to 1.6 percent. The order of the common pleas court is reversed.
On January 10, 1992, the Secretary of the Department of Community Affairs (Department) declared the City to be a distressed municipality under the Municipalities Financial Recovery Act (Act or Recovery Act), Act of July 10, 1987, P.L. 246, as amended, 53 P.S. §…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Petition of City of ClairtonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Township of Hopewell v. Municipal Water AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Borough of Dupont v. Department of Community AffairsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Central Pa. Ret. Asso. AppealCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
3Cited by2 opinions
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- In re City of ClairtonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997