CO. OF ALLEGHENY v. DEPT. OF PUB. WELFARE

No. 779 C.D. 1979.

61 Pa.Commw. 561 (1981)

County of Allegheny, A Political Subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Public Welfare, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 14, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alexander J. Jaffurs, County Solicitor, with him James H. McLean, County Solicitor, and Loraine S. Tabakin, Assistant County Solicitor, for petitioner.

Howard Ulan, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Submitted on briefs, May 7, 1981, to President Judge CRUMLISH and Judges ROGERS and BLATT, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, September 14, 1981:

The issue in this case is a narrow one. Does the petitioner county of Allegheny (County) have a right of appeal from an action of the respondent Department of Public Welfare (DPW) denying it additional funding or relief1 from the obligation to insure additional mental health service in the community?

On August 2, 1978, the County...

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