Case Name: CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Respondent v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, FORT PITT LODGE NO. 1, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2016-06-20
Citations: 139 A.3d 1257
Docket Number: 
Parties: CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Respondent v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, FORT PITT LODGE NO. 1, Petitioner.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 139
Pages: 1257–1257

Head Matter:
CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Respondent v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, FORT PITT LODGE NO. 1, Petitioner.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
June 20, 2016.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 20th day of June, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:
(1) Whether a home rule municipality may amend its home rule charter to eliminate mandatory subjects of bargaining as defined by Act 111 of 1968, the Pennsylvania Labor- Relations Act and applicable case law?
(2) Whether a municipality's home rule charter .provision eliminating a mandatory subject of bargaining for its police officers is pre-empted by Act 111 of 1968?