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WILKINSBURG POLICE OFFICERS v. COM.

129 Pa.Commw. 47 (1989)

564 A.2d 1015

The WILKINSBURG POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, By and Through its Trustees Ad Litem, Jerry HARDER, Hank Riebold and Thomas Kocon, Petitioners, v. The COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community Affairs and The Borough of Wilkinsburg, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 8, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony C. Busillo, II, The Law Firm of Gary M. Lightman, Harrisburg, for petitioners.

W. Timothy Barry, Dattilo, Barry, Fasulo & Cambest, Pittsburgh, for Borough of Wilkinsburg.

Ernest R. Closser, III, Andrew H. Cline, Gregory Dunlap, Deputy Gen. Counsels, Office of General Counsel, Harrisburg, for Com. of Pa. and Dept. of Community Affairs.

Before CRUMLISH, Jr., President Judge, and DOYLE, COLINS, PALLADINO and McGINLEY, JJ.

McGINLEY, Judge.

The Wilkinsburg Police Officers Association (Association) and its trustees brought an action within this Court's original jurisdiction seeking a declaration that the Financially Distressed Municipalities Act1 (commonly referred to as "Act 47") violates the Constitution of this Commonwealth. Generally, Act 47 establishes criteria by which to determine whether a municipality...

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