Western Pennsylvania Restaurant Association
v.
Pittsburgh, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued October 5, 1950.
January 2, 1951.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Anne X. Alpern, City Solicitor, with her Joseph A. Langfitt, Jr. and J. Frank McKenna, Jr., Assistant City Solicitor, for appellants.
Leonard Boreman, with him Krause & Boreman, for appellees.
Charles Denby and James Craighead Kuhn, Jr., with them Reed, Smith, Shaw & McClay and Wilner & Wilner, for North Side Community Council et al., amici curiae.
Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES and CHIDSEY, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, January 2, 1951:
The question is whether the City of Pittsburgh may validly enact an ordinance to safeguard the public health by regulating the operation of restaurants within the city. Ordinarily the answer to such a question would clearly be in the affirmative because the city's Charter Act (Act of March 7, 1901, P.L. 20, Article XIX, section XXXIII) vests in it the power "To make regulations...
Let's get started
Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting Sign on now to see your case. Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.
Updated daily.
Uncompromising quality.
Complete, Accurate, Current.
Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full
text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.
Cited Cases
No Cases Found
Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the
full text of the citing case.
