CITY OF PHILADELPHIA v. SCHWEIKER


858 A.2d 75 (2004)

The CITY OF PHILADELPHIA and John F. Street, Appellants, v. Mark SCHWEIKER; the Philadelphia Parking Authority; Joseph T. Ashdale; Michael A. Cibik; Catherine Marshall; Alfred W. Taubenberger; Russell R. Wagner; Karen M. Wrigley, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 22, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Gerson Feder, Esq., Pedro Alberto Ramos, Esq., Eleanor N. Ewing, Esq., Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia.

Eleanor N. Ewing, Esq., Philadelphia, for John F. Street.

Carolyn H. Nichols, Esq., Dennis Gerard Weldon, Jr., Esq., Obra S. Kernodle, Esq., for Philadelphia Parking Authority.

G. Alexander Bochetto, Esq., for Michael A. Cibik.

Gregg R. Melinson, Esq., Jason Peter Gosselin, Esq., Alfred W. Putnam, Esq., David P. Bruton, Esq., Philadelphia, for Philadelphia Parking Authority, et al.

Susan Jane Forney, Esq., Harrisburg, for Honorable Edward G. Rendell.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court sustaining the preliminary objections of the Governor of Pennsylvania and the Philadelphia Parking Authority to a complaint filed by the City of Philadelphia and its mayor, challenging the legality of certain amendments to Pennsylvania's Parking Authority Law. The principal question presented is whether the General Assembly had the authority to enact provisions...

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