Legal Opinion
Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1 v. City of Pittsburgh
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 26, 2019No. 9 WAP 2018PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Saylor
In this appeal by allowance we consider whether a police-union interest arbitration award deviates from a municipal financial recovery plan so as to permit a direct appeal of that award in the Commonwealth Court.
In 2003, the state Department of Community and Economic Development ("DCED") designated the City of Pittsburgh as a financially distressed municipality under the Municipal Financial Recovery Act ("Act 47"). As part of the Act 47 rehabilitation process, DCED appointed a recovery coordinator, see 53 P.S. § 11701.221, and the City implemented several recovery plans. The most recent of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pennsylvania State Police v. Pennsylvania State Troopers Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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- City of Scranton v. Firefighters Local Union No. 60Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1 v. City of PittsburghCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1 v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
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