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. :

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THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH AND : COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH : REALTORS ASSOCIATION OF : METROPOLITAN PITTSBURGH, A : PENNSYLVANIA CORPORATION NOT : FOR PROFIT :

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v. :

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THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH APARTMENT : ASSOCIATION OF METROPOLITAN : PITTSBURGH, A PENNSYLVANIA : CORPORATION NOT FOR PROFIT :

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v. :

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THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, A HOME : RULE CITY :

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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; :

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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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