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HILLGARTNER v. PORT AUTH. OF ALLEGHENY CTY.

936 A.2d 131 (2007)

Danielle Stangl HILLGARTNER and Yvette Koerner Blickenderfer, Appellants v. PORT AUTHORITY OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY; Jason Fincke, Chief of Staff, in his individual capacity; Tawnya Moore-Magee, Assistant General Manager of Human Resources, in her individual capacity; Inez Colon, Director of Employment, in her individual capacity and William McArdle, Chief of Transit Police and Security Department, in his individual capacity.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 12, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Matesic, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Christopher J. Hess, Pittsburgh, for appellee, Port Authority of Allegheny County.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and SMITH-RIBNER and SIMPSON, JJ.

OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.1

This appeal involves dismissal of a state action alleging gender discrimination in favor of a prior pending federal action by the same plaintiffs also alleging gender discrimination. We examine whether the doctrine of lis pendens applies here.

In July 2003, Danielle Stangl Hillgartner and Yvette Koerner Blickenderfer (collectively, Plaintiffs) filed a complaint in the United States District Court...

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