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KONIDARIS v. PORTNOFF LAW ASSOCIATES

Nos. 14 WAP 2006, No. 15 WAP 2006

953 A.2d 1231 (2008)

Jerry KONIDARIS and Theodora G. Konidaris, Individually and on behalf of all others Similarly Situated, Appellants/Cross-Appellees v. PORTNOFF LAW ASSOCIATES, LTD, Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided August 18, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard S. Rubb, Esq., Sewickley, for Jerry Konidaris, et al. (14 WAP 2006)

Michael P. Malakoff, Esq., Malakoff, Doyle & Finberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. (14 WAP 2006)

Kimberly Marie Colonna, Esq., Helen Louise Gemmill, Esq., McNees, Wallace & Nurick, L.L.C., Harrisburg, for Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd. (14 WAP 2006)

Stacey F. Vernallis, Esq., Michael G. McCabe, Goehring, Rutter & Boehm, Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae GLS Capital, Inc. (14 WAP 2006)

Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Esq., P.A. Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. (14 WAP 2006)

Helen Louise Gemmill, Esq., Harrisburg, for Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd. (15 WAP 2006)

Bernard S. Rubb, Esq., Sewickley, for Jerry Konidaris and Theodara G. Konidaris. (15 WAP 2006)

Michael P. Malakoff, Esq., Malakoff, Doyle & Finberg, P.C., Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now. (15 WAP 2006)

Stacey F. Vernallis, Esq., Goehring, Rutter & Boehm, Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae, Pittsburgh, for GLS Capital, Inc., (15 WAP 2006)

Ira Weiss, Esq., Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae West Jefferson Hills School District, et al. (15 WAP 2006)

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

OPINION

Justice BAER.

We granted review in this case to determine whether a retroactive amendment to the Municipal Claims and Tax Liens Act ("MCTLA"), Act of May 16, 1923, P.L. 207, as amended, 53 P.S. § 7101, et seq. providing for the imposition on delinquent taxpayers of "reasonable attorney fees" incurred in a school district's collection of taxes, violates the Remedies Clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution,1

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