Case Name: Airway Arms, Incorporated et al. v. Moon Area School District; James E. Tricco et al. v. Moon Area School District. Moon Area School District, Appellant
Court: Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-04-30
Citations: 59 Pa. Commw. 94
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 1313 C.D. 1979
Parties: Airway Arms, Incorporated et al. v. Moon Area School District. James E. Tricco et al. v. Moon Area School District. Moon Area School District, Appellant,
Judges: before President Judge Crttmlish and Judges Wilkinson, Jr., Rogers, Blatt, Williams, Jr., Craig and Palladino. Judges Mencer and MacPhail did not participate.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 94–96

Head Matter:
Airway Arms, Incorporated et al. v. Moon Area School District. James E. Tricco et al. v. Moon Area School District. Moon Area School District, Appellant,
Argued November 18, 1980,
before President Judge Crttmlish and Judges Wilkinson, Jr., Rogers, Blatt, Williams, Jr., Craig and Palladino. Judges Mencer and MacPhail did not participate.
April 30, 1981:
John A. Robb, Jr., Robb, Leonard & Mulvihill, for appellant.
Richard H. Martin, with him Joan P. Feldman, Baskin & Sears, and C. William Berger, Berger, Kapetan, Malakoff & Meyers, for appellees, Airway Arms, Inc. et al.
Jeffrey S. Blum, with him John S. Bingler, Jr., and Glenn E. Bost, II, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, for appellees, James E. Tricco et al.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Williams, Jr.,
This case comes before the Court on an appeal from the determination of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that a resolution passed by the Moon Area School District which imposed a fifteen per cent parking tax on users of the parking lots adjacent to the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport is unconstitutional. The lower court found the tax to be in derogation of the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution and the Due Process Clauses of the United States and Pennsylvania Constitutions. It further held that it exceeded the limitations set by Section 8(4) of the Local Tax Enabling Act No. 115, Act of December 31, 1965, P.L. 1257, as amended, 53 P.S. §6908(4).
Having examined the record and relevant law, we hereby affirm and adopt as our own the able Opinion of Judge Narick, entered to No. S.A. 421-1979 below.
Order
And Now, the 30th day of April, 1981, the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County dated June 8, 1979 (No. S.A. 421-1979) is hereby affirmed.
Judge Wilkinson, Jr. did not participate in the decision in this case.