Legal Opinion
City of Philadelphia v. Schweiker
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 22, 2004No. 12 EAP 2003PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
This is a direct appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court sustaining the preliminary objections of the Governor of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Parking Authority to a complaint filed by the City of Philadelphia and its mayor, challenging the legality of certain amendments to Pennsylvania’s Parking Authority Law. The principal question presented is whether the General Assembly had the authority to enact provisions which, among other things, transferred control of the parking authority from the Mayor of Philadelphia to the-Commonwealth.
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2Cases cited32 opinions
- United States Trust Co. of NY v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- City of Philadelphia v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- O'ROURKE v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Small v. HornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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3Cited by82 opinions
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