Legal Opinion
Equitable Gas Co. v. City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 21, 1985No. 71 W.D. Appeal Docket 1983PublishedCited by 56 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from an Order of the Commonwealth Court dismissing preliminary objections and granting peremptory judgment in mandamus for Equitable Gas Company (“Equitable”) and the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (“PUC”) against the City of Pittsburgh (“City”). The result reached by the Commonwealth Court seriously undercuts a carefully designed legislative scheme intended to provide the municipality with a right of set-off against persons having claims or accounts against the political subdivision. The Commonwealth Court has also ignored the clear…
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3Cited by56 opinions
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