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BELL TEL. CO. of PA. v. PHILADELPHIA

421 Pa. 14 (1966)

Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Philadelphia.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 22, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Hannum, with him Thomas A. Everly, Jr., Peter F. Pugliese, John B. King, and Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, for appellant.

Levy Anderson, First Deputy City Solicitor, Gerald Gornish, Assistant City Solicitor, and Edward G. Bauer, Jr., City Solicitor, for appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE COHEN, March 22, 1966:

Pursuant to the power granted by the Act of August 5, 1932, P.L. 45, § 1, as amended, 53 P.S. § 15971, known as the Sterling Act, the City of Philadelphia adopted an ordinance imposing a Mercantile License Tax upon persons engaged in certain business activities within the City. This Act also has the effect of prohibiting the imposition of any tax by the City on items subject to a State tax or license fee.

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