City of Philadelphia v. Weiner

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The City of Philadelphia appeals a decision of Judge Murray C. Goldman, of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, granting a preliminary injunction which enjoined the city from enforcing Bill 164, a provision to increase the amount of the city’s real estate transfer tax.1

The issue presented in this appeal is whether a councilmanic bill to amend the Philadelphia realty transfer tax rate has been “considered at a public hearing” in accordance with section 2-201(2) of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter if it remained blank as to the proposed rate of tax, which…