William DEVLIN, Nancy Devlin, Mary Campbell, William Free, Dottie Free, Rev. Dave Miller and Esther Miller, Appellees
v.
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued April 13, 2004.
Decided December 6, 2004.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Jane Lovitch Istvan, Daniel James Anders, Cynthia J. Schneider, Leonore F. Carpenter, Barbara W. Mather, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia.
Mary Catherine Roper, Malia N. Brink, Edward M. Posner, Philadelphia, Lawrence Evan Frankel, for Alexander Inn, Inc., fine, Kaplan and Black, R.P.C., Peper Hamilton, LLP, Sisters Serving Sisters, Inc., American Fed. of State, County and Municipal employees AFL-CIO Dist. Council 47, American Fed. of State, County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO Local 2186 & 2187, Coalition of Labor Union Women, AULU of Pa, AIDS Law Project of PA, Community Legal Services, Family Pride Coalition, Human Rights Campaign, League of Gay & Lesbian Voters, Nat. Center for Lesbian Rights, Nat. Gay & Lesbian Task Force, PA Alliance for Democracy, PA Gay & Lesbian Alliance, PA Nat. Organization for Women, Statewide PA Rights Coalition, Women in Transition & Women's Law Project, Interfaith Working Group Christian Assoc. at the Univ. of PA, Mishkan Shalon Synagogue, University Lutheran Church of the Incarnation, Soulforce, Rev. Susan Cole.
Dennis M. Abrams, for W. Devlin/N. Devlin/M. Campbell/W. Free D. Free/Rev. D. Miller/E/ Miller.
Leonard Gilbert Brown, III, Lancaster, for Pa. Family Institute.
Thomas A. Capper, Doylestown, for Pa. Catholic Conference.
Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION
Justice NIGRO.
We granted allowance of appeal to consider whether the Commonwealth Court erred in invalidating two bills that amended existing Philadelphia ordinances and sought to convey certain benefits to same-sex couples in committed relationships who complied with specified registration requirements. For the following reasons, we reverse the Commonwealth Court's order insofar as it prohibited the City from providing employee benefits...
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