# City of Pittsburgh v. Commonwealth

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · January 23, 1995 · 539 Pa. 535

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9518209

## Case

- **Full name:** CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, District Council 84, AFL-CIO, Appellees
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** January 23, 1995
- **Citations:** 539 Pa. 535; 653 A.2d 1210; 1995 Pa. LEXIS 69
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Papadakos
- **Judges:** Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, Castille, Montemuro
- **Cited by:** 7 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- stating that the legislature, by allowing the city to establish a revised pension plan without mandating labor negotiations, made the establishment of a revised pension plan an inherent managerial activity
- noting that pensions are included within the mandatory bargaining provisions of Section 701

## Opinion text

*548 PAPADAKOS, Justice,
dissenting.
I dissent and would affirm the Commonwealth Court on the basis of its sound opinion.

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