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GOLDEN TRIANGLE B., INC. ET AL. v. CITY OF PGH.

No. 1245 C.D. 1976.

31 Pa.Commw. 547 (1977)

Golden Triangle Broadcasting, Inc., Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc., WIIC-TV Corporation and WKFJ FM, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh, a municipal corporation et al., Appellants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

September 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Grace S. Harris, Executive Assistant City Solicitor, with her Mead J. Mulvihill, Jr., City Solicitor, for appellants.

Frank L. Seamans, with him Dale E. Williams, and Eckert, Seamans, Cherin and Mellott, for appellees.

Argued May 4, 1977, before President Judge BOWMAN and Judges CRUMLISH, JR., KRAMER, WILKINSON, JR., MENCER, ROGERS and BLATT. Judge KRAMER did not participate in the decision.

OPINION BY PRESIDENT JUDGE BOWMAN, September 12, 1977:

Plaintiffs, television and radio broadcasters, commenced this suit in equity1 in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, to enjoin the City of Pittsburgh (City) from collecting Business Privilege Tax2 on their gross receipts alleging that the imposition of the tax violates their rights under the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions and that...

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