Case Name: Kendrick BUCKWALTER, Petitioner v. BOROUGH OF PHOENIXVILLE, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2008-09-03
Citations: 955 A.2d 1014
Docket Number: 
Parties: Kendrick BUCKWALTER, Petitioner v. BOROUGH OF PHOENIXVILLE, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 955
Pages: 1014–1014

Head Matter:
Kendrick BUCKWALTER, Petitioner v. BOROUGH OF PHOENIXVILLE, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Sept. 3, 2008.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 3rd day of September, 2008, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, rephrased for clarity, are:
(1) Whether Baldwin v. City of Philadelphia, 99 Pa. 164, 1881 WL 13869 (1881), which held Pa. Const, art. Ill, § 13, now § 27, did not apply to a municipal ordinance that changed a public officer's compensation midterm, should be reversed.
(2) Whether Pa. Const, art. Ill, § 27 prohibits mid-term compensation changes for elected municipal officers by means of a municipal ordinance.