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SHANAMAN v. YELLOW CAB CO. OF PHILA.

491 Pa. 516 (1980)

421 A.2d 664

Susan M. SHANAMAN, James H. Cawley, Michael Johnson and Linda C. Taliaferro, Commissioners of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Appellant, v. YELLOW CAB COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 31, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Malatesta, Jr., Chief Counsel, Daniel P. Delaney, Harrisburg, Mark C. Stephenson, Asst. Counsel, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Nathan L. Posner, Jeffrey B. Albert, Fox, Rothschild, O'Brien & Frankel, Philadelphia, for appellee.

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

On June 19, 1980, Act 69 of 1980 (an act amending the Public Utility Code, 66 Pa.C.S. § 1103) was signed into law by Governor Thornburgh and took effect on that date. Act 69 was intended to increase, in expedited fashion, the availability of taxicab service in "cities of the first class," i.e., Philadelphia. The legislature found the present service in Philadelphia "wholly...

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