Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2016

City of Pittsburgh v. Fraternal Order of Police, Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1

City of Pittsburgh v. Fraternal Order of Police, Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided June 20, 2016 · Per Curiam
139 A.3d 1257; 635 Pa. 663; 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1253; 2016 WL 3388360 (Atlantic Reporter, Third Series)

City of Pittsburgh v. Fraternal Order of Police, Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1

Opinion

*664 ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 20th day of June, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:

(1) Whether a home rule municipality may amend its home rule charter to eliminate mandatory subjects of bargaining as defined by Act 111 of 1968, the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Act and applicable case law?
(2) Whether a municipality’s home rule charter provision eliminating a mandatory subject of bargaining for its police officers is pre-empted by Act 111 of 1968?

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