Landlord Svc. Bureau v. City of Pgh.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Per Curiam

Landlord Svc. Bureau v. City of Pgh.

Opinion

               IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
                          WESTERN DISTRICT


LANDLORD SERVICE BUREAU, INC.;       :   No. 82 WAL 2023
MICHELLE WILLIAMS; COLLYER REALTY    :
COMPANY, D/B/A GALASSO REAL          :
ESTATE SERVICES; SANTO POLICICHIO;   :   Petition for Allowance of Appeal
CROWN REAL ESTATE AND                :   from the Order of the
MANAGEMENT SERVICES                  :   Commonwealth Court
                                     :
                                     :
          v.                         :
                                     :
                                     :
THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND           :
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH    :
REALTORS ASSOCIATION OF              :
METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH, A           :
PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION NOT         :
FOR PROFIT                           :
                                     :
                                     :
          v.                         :
                                     :
                                     :
THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH APARTMENT     :
ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN          :
PITTSBURGH, A PENNSYLVANIA           :
CORPORATION NOT FOR PROFIT           :
                                     :
                                     :
          v.                         :
                                     :
                                     :
THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, A HOME       :
RULE CITY                            :
                                     :
                                     :
PETITION OF: LANDLORD SERVICE        :
BUREAU, INC.; MICHELLE WILLIAMS;     :
COLLYER REALTY CO., D/B/A GALASSO    :
REAL ESTATE SERVICES; SANTO          :
POLICICHIO; AND CROWN REAL           :
ESTATE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES;      :
                                     :
AND APARTMENT ASSOCIATION OF                   :
METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH

ORDER

PER CURIAM

      AND NOW, this 1st day of September, 2023, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal

is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:


      Did the Commonwealth Court err when it held, in light of Pennsylvania Rest.
      & Lodging Ass’n v. City of Pittsburgh, 
211 A.3d 810
 (Pa. 2019), that the City
      of Pittsburgh lacked home rule authority under 53 P.S. § 2962(f) to enact its
      Rental Registration Ordinance?




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