Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Higgins v. Lower Merion Township

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 21, 2011No. 643 C.D. 2010Published

1Concurrence

CONCURRING OPINION BY

Judge McCullough.

I concur in the result reached by the Majority. I write separately merely to clarify why I believe the Majority reached the correct result and properly distinguished this matter from our Supreme Court’s decision in McGrath v. Staisey, 433 Pa. 8, 249 A.2d 280 (1968).

*480The key distinguishing factor between McGrath and the cases relied on by the Majority, namely Coles v. Judd, 7 Pa.Cmwlth. 90, 298 A.2d 687 (1973), and Fraternal Order of Police, Lower Merion Police, Lodge 28 v. Township of Lower Merion, 416 F.Supp. 65 (E.D.Pa.1976), was the language of the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. McGrath v. StaiseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
  2. Fraternal Order of Police, Lower Merion Police, Lodge 28 v. Township of Lower MerionDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1976
  3. Judd v. COLESCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Borough of Wilkinsburg v. ColellaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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