Legal Opinion
Konidaris v. Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 18, 2008No. 14 WAP 2006, 15 WAP 2006PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice BAER.
We granted review in this case to determine whether a retroactive amendment to the Municipal Claims and Tax Liens Act (“MCTLA”), Act of May 16, 1923, P.L. 207, as amended, 53 P.S. § 7101, et seq. providing for the imposition on delinquent taxpayers of “reasonable attorney fees” incurred in a school district’s collection of taxes, violates the Remedies Clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution,1 which forbids any act of the General Assembly from impinging a vested right. *59Ieropoli v. AC & S Corp., 577 Pa. 138, 842 A.2d 919, 930 (2004). Concluding that the delinquent taxpayers…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Lewis v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1908
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