Legal Opinion
Shippensburg Police Ass'n v. Borough of Shippensburg
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 24, 2009No. 901 C.D. 2008PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
The issue we decide is whether a grievance arbitration award violates the Municipal Pension Plan Funding Standard and Recovery Act (Act 205),2 by requiring inclusion of a lump sum payment for unused vacation leave in the computation of a retiring police officer’s monthly pension benefit without proof of the award’s effect on the applicable pension plan. The Borough of Shippensburg (Borough) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Cumberland County (trial court) denying its motion to vacate an arbitration award. The award required the Borough to include a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Borough of Ellwood City v. Ellwood City Police Department Wage & Policy UnitSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Borough of Nazareth v. Nazareth Borough Police Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- City of Butler v. City of Butler Police DepartmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- City of Erie v. International Ass'n of Firefighters Local 293Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- City of Scranton v. Fire Fighters Local Union No. 60Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
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3Cited by15 opinions
- City of Scranton v. E.B. Jermyn Lodge No. 2 of the Fraternal Order of PoliceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- City of Scranton v. Fire Fighters Local Union No. 60Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Borough of Ellwood City v. Ellwood City Police Department Wage Policy CommitteeCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- City of Scranton v. E.B. Jermyn Lodge No. 2Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- City of Scranton v. Fire Fighters Local Union No. 60Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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