Legal Opinion
ROSS v. KEITT
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 7, 1973No. Appeal, 228 C.D. 1973PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
President Judge Bowman,
The sole issue in this appeal is whether the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is an indispensable party to a class action in equity brought by several students, their parents and guardians and several citizen groups against the Board of Education, City Council and named public officials of the City of Philadelphia. The gravamen of the complaint avers that because of the failure or refusal of defendants to perform statutory duties which resulted in deficit and inadequate financing of the public schools for the fiscal year July 1, 1972, to June 30, 1973, the school…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- COM. Ex Rel. CARROLL v. TATESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Gardner v. Allegheny CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Commonwealth ex rel. Carroll v. TateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Philadelphia Life Insurance v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
- Merner v. Department of HighwaysSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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3Cited by27 opinions
- DeLuca v. Buckeye Coal CompanySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Schroeck v. Pennsylvania State PoliceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Concerned Taxpayers v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Keitt v. RossCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Piper Aircraft Corp. v. Insurance Co. of North AmericaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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