CITY OF PITTSBURGH v. COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY


860 A.2d 616 (2004)

CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Appellant v. COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, ELECTION DIVISION and Pittsburgh Firefighters, Local No. 1 and Joseph King.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 20, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Specter, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Joshua M. Bloom, Pittsburgh, for appellees, Pittsburgh Firefighters.

Before JUBELIRER, and Judge, SIMPSON, Judge, and McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge.


Opinion by Senior Judge McCLOSKEY.

The City of Pittsburgh (the City) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court), overruling the City's procedural1 objection to the placing of a Home Rule Charter amendment referendum on the ballot by the County of Allegheny, Department of Administrative Services, Election Division (the Election Division).2 We now reverse.

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