PITTSBURGH FIRE FIGHTERS EX REL., KING v. YABLONSKY


867 A.2d 666 (2005)

PITTSBURGH FIRE FIGHTERS, LOCAL NO. 1, by and through its Trustee Ad Litem, Pittsburgh Fire Fighters President Joseph KING; and Joseph King, in his capacity as a resident and taxpayer of the City of Pittsburgh, County of Allegheny, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Petitioners, v. Dennis YABLONSKY, in his capacity as Secretary, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development; Public Financial Management; Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott L.L.C.; City of Pittsburgh; The Honorable Tom Murphy, in his capacity as Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh, Respondents.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 25, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua M. Bloom, Pittsburgh, for petitioners.

Clifford B. Levine and Susan E. Malie, Pittsburgh, for respondents.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, and PELLEGRINI, Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Judge, and LEADBETTER, Judge, and COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge, and LEAVITT, Judge.


OPINION BY President Judge COLINS.

Before the Court are the respondents' preliminary objections to the Second Amended Complaint filed by the Pittsburgh Fire Fighters, Local No. 1 (Fire Fighters).

Before addressing the preliminary objections we present the following factual and procedural background. On November 7, 2003, Mayor Murphy filed a request with the Secretary of the Department of Community and Economic Development seeking a determination that the City...

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