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BLOUNT v. PHILADELPHIA PARKING AUTHORITY

No. 15 EAP 2008

965 A.2d 226 (2009)

Ronald BLOUNT, individually and as President of the Taxi Workers' Alliance of Pennsylvania, ARINK, Inc., RAINK, Inc., Audrey Cab, Inc., t/a County Cab, SAWINK, Inc., Dee-Dee Cab, Inc., t/a Penn-Del Cab, Quaker City Cab, Inc., Germantown Cab Co., and Michael Etemad, Appellants v. PHILADELPHIA PARKING AUTHORITY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 20, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Sheridan Henry, Drew Salaman, Philadelphia, for Ronald Blount, et al., appellants.

Dino Antonio Ross, WolfBlock, LLP, Harrisburg; Dennis Gerard Weldon, Jr., Philadelphia; Brian P. Flaherty, Andrew A. Chirls, WolfBlock, LLP, Philadelphia; Alan C. Kohler, WolfBlock, LLP, Harrisburg, for Philadelphia Parking Authority, appellee.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and GREENSPAN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice GREENSPAN.

This appeal concerns a determination of whether the Commonwealth Court has original jurisdiction over a challenge brought by taxicab drivers and companies1 against the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA). In an en banc opinion, the Commonwealth Court broadly held that the PPA is a local rather than a Commonwealth agency for the purposes of jurisdiction and, therefore, it lacked original...

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