Legal Opinion

In re Referendum to Amend Home Rule Charter of Pittsburgh

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 1, 1982No. Appeal, No. 2080 C.D. 1982PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OpiNioN by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Thomas Flaherty appeals an Allegheny County Common Pleas Court order sustaining Ben Woods’ petition to set aside a Petition for Beferendum to Amend the Home Buie Charter (Charter) of the City of Pittsburgh. We grant Woods’ motion to quash the appeal.

On August 3, 1982, the Association of Community Organizations for Beform Now (ACOBN) filed with *294the Allegheny County Board of Elections (Board) a petition to place a referendum1 on the November 2, 1982 ballot. The Board certified the question, after which Woods, a city councilman, petitioned to strike the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Frank v. PeckichSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. Newberg v. Board of Public EducationSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  2. In re Consolidated return of Real Estate Tax Sale Held September 10Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  3. Brendel v. ZONING ENFORCEMENT OFFICERCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  4. Mid-Atlantic Power Supply Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  5. Flaherty AppealCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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