FROSS v. COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY

No. 17 WAP 2010.

20 A.3d 1193 (2011)

Charles FROSS, M. Doe, D. Doe, Shawn Czerwien, Charles Meter, and Christopher Haigh, Appellees v. COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 25, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Janocsko , Michael Henry Wojcik , Craig Ehot Maravich , Allegheny County Law Department, Caroline P. Liebenguth , Pittsburgh, for County of Allegheny.

Andrew A. Chris , Matthew A. Fry , Haines & Associates, for Amicus Curiae, the Treatment of Sexual Abusers.

Edwin J. Strassburger , Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Gefsky, Donald F. Driscoll , Community Justice Project, Pittsburgh, Witold J. Walczak, for Charles Fross, et al.

Marcia Mary Waldron , U.S. Court of Appeals, 3rd Circuit, for Participant, United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

Upon certification by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, we accepted for review the issue of whether Allegheny County Ordinance No. 39-07-OR (the "Ordinance"), which imposes residency restrictions on certain offenders, is preempted by the Pennsylvania Prisons and Parole Code, 61 Pa.C.S. § 101 et seq., ("Parole Code") and/or by the Pennsylvania Sentencing...

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