ALLEGHENY COUNTY v. MONZO


509 Pa. 26 (1985)

500 A.2d 1096

ALLEGHENY COUNTY v. Al MONZO, t/d/b/a Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, and Gateway Motels, Inc. Appeal of the PUBLIC AUDITORIUM AUTHORITY OF PITTSBURGH and Allegheny County. ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Appellant, v. Al MONZO, t/d/b/a Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge and Gateway Motels, Inc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark J. Murphy, Robert M. Brown, Eckert, Seamans, Cherin & Mellott, Pittsburgh, for the Public Auditorium of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County.

James J. Dodaro, Sol., Allan J. Opsitnick, Asst. Sol., Pittsburgh, for Allegheny County.

Robert V. Campedel, Clairton, for Al Monzo, etc. and Gateway Motels, Inc.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

This is the consolidated appeal of Allegheny County and The Public Auditorium Authority of Pittsburgh and Allegheny County (Appellants) from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County entered on July 17, 1984, by the Honorable Richard G. Zeleznik, finding that the Allegheny County one percent (1%) Hotel Room Rental Tax Ordinance and its underlying enabling act is unconstitutional under the United States...

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