Legal Opinion
Flaherty v. City of Pittsburgh
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 15, 1986No. Appeal, 2337 C.D. 1985PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
President Judge Crumlish, Jr,
Thomas E. Flaherty appeals an Allegheny County Common Pleas Court order denying his petition for a rule to show cause why peremptory judgment in mandamus against him should not be opened. We affirm.
Flaherty, Controller of the City of Pittsburgh (City), refused to countersign a contract between the City and Craig Auto Service and Towing, a private concern, because he concluded that there was cause to believe that there were bidding irregularities in the award of the contract. The City and the directors of five of its departments filed a complaint in…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Hamby v. STOESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. LarkinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
- Edwards Engineering Corp. v. DaviesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Berks County Institution District v. SchoenerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Broadway Maintenance Corp. v. HemphillSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
3Cited by11 opinions
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- Parents Against Abuse in Schools v. Williamsport Area School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Germantown Business Ass'n v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Campbell v. RosenbergerCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
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