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WILKINSBURG POLICE OFFICERS v. COM.

535 Pa. 425 (1993)

636 A.2d 134

The WILKINSBURG POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION By and Through its Trustees Ad Litem, Jerry HARDER, Hank Reibold and Thomas Kocon, Appellants, v. The COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community Affairs and the Borough of Wilkinsburg, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 30, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony C. Busillo, II, Gary M. Lightman, Harrisburg, for appellants.

W. Timothy Barry, Pittsburgh, for Borough of Wilkinsburg.

Andrew H. Cline, Harrisburg, Ernest R. Closser, III, Deputy Gen. Counsel, William W. Warren, Jr., Chief of Litigation, Richard D. Spiegelman, Executive Deputy Gen. Counsel, for appellees.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This case involves a challenge by the Wilkinsburg Police Officers Association ("Association") to the Financially Distressed Municipalities Act, commonly referred to as Act 47.1 The Association claims that Act 47 is unconstitutional on its face and that it is being implemented in a way that violates its contractual rights under a collective bargaining agreement. The Association asserted these...

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