JOHNSON v. PA. HOUSING FINANCE AGCY. et al.


453 Pa. 329 (1973)

Johnson v. Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

September 19, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome J. Shestack, with him Thomas R. Schmuhl, and Schnader, Harrison, Segal & Lewis, for appellants.

Mitchell S. Lipschutz, for appellee.

Justin J. Blewitt, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, Peter W. Brown, First Deputy Attorney General, and Israel Packel, Attorney General, for amicus curiae, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, September 19, 1973:

This is a taxpayer's suit in equity, challenging the constitutionality of the recently enacted Housing Finance Agency Law, Act of December 5, 1972, P.L. 1259, §§ 1 et seq., 35 P.S. §§ 1680.101 et seq. (Supp. 1973). This Court has assumed plenary jurisdiction.1 Given the innovativeness of the undertaking authorized by the Housing...

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