# County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · March 21, 1988 · 517 Pa. 483

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6264002

## Case

- **Full name:** The COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY and the Prison Board of Allegheny County, and the City of Pittsburgh, a municipal corporation v. The COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Corrections David S. Owens, Jr., Commissioner, Department of Corrections, and Erskind Deramus, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Corrections and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole, Fred W. Jacobs, Chairman. Appeal of the COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY and The Prison Board of Allegheny County, and The City of Pittsburgh, a municipal corporation
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** March 21, 1988
- **Citations:** 517 Pa. 483; 538 A.2d 873; 1988 Pa. LEXIS 75
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Flaherty, Larsen, McDermott, Nix, Papadakos, Stout, Zappala
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ORDER
PER CURIAM:
AND NOW, this 21st day of March, 1988, this Court hereby orders the above captioned case remanded to the Commonwealth Court for an evidentiary hearing to determine the taxing authority of the County of Allegheny to raise revenue for the construction of prisons, and the availability of current resources for this purpose. The Commonwealth Court is further ordered to make findings of fact on these questions. The Supreme Court will retain jurisdiction, and the matter is to be listed for the Court’s session commencing May 9, 1988, in Harrisburg.
PAPADAKOS, J., dissents.

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