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CITY OF ALLENTOWN v. LOCAL 302, INT. ASS'N

511 Pa. 275 (1986)

512 A.2d 1175

The CITY OF ALLENTOWN, Appellant, v. LOCAL 302, INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF FIRE FIGHTERS, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 23, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard DiSalle, Washington, Joseph L. Rosenfeld, City Solicitor, and Jack I. Kaufman, Asst. City Solicitor, Allentown, for appellant.

Ronald Lucas, Harrisburg, for amicus Pa. League of Cities.

Nicholas J. Marcucci, Harrisburg, for amicus Municipal Retirement Systems.

Stephen C. Richman, Philadelphia, for appellees.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The Commonwealth Court has determined that under the Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement Law, 53 P.S. §§ 881.101-881.501, a municipality may not maintain more than one pension system for its firemen. Consequently, the court held invalid the actions of the Appellant, City of Allentown, closing enrollment in the City's Paid Firemen's Pension Fund (Pension Fund) as of July 8, 1976 and mandating enrollment of all firemen hired...

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