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COM., COM'N ON CHARITABLE ORG. v. ACORN

502 Pa. 1 (1983)

463 A.2d 406

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, COMMISSION ON CHARITABLE ORGANIZATIONS, Appellant, v. ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS FOR REFORM NOW (ACORN), Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cynthia M. Williams, David F. Phifer, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Louis S. Rulli, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This is an appeal from the order of the Commonwealth Court1 which reversed the order of the Commission on Charitable Organizations (hereinafter "Commission") and found that the Association of Community Organizations For Reform Now (ACORN) was not a charitable organization within the meaning of Section 2(1) of the Solicitation of Charitable Funds...

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