Fraternal Order of Police, Queen City Lodge No. 10 v. City of Allentown

OPINION BY

Judge SMITH-RIBNER.

The City of Allentown and various administrative and police officials (City) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County that granted in part and denied in part motions for summary judgment filed by both sides in an action filed by the Fraternal Order of Police, Queen City Lodge No. 10(FOP) seeking declaratory, mandamus and quo warranto relief in regard to the appointment of certain persons to newly created managerial positions outside the bargaining unit in the City’s Police Department. The City questions whether the trial court erred when…