Case Name: Jeffrey VARNER, Lisa Robinson, and Michael Hossler, Respondents v. SWATARA TOWNSHIP BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2017-09-11
Citations: 170 A.3d 1040
Docket Number: No. 202 MAL 2017
Parties: Jeffrey VARNER, Lisa Robinson, and Michael Hossler, Respondents v. SWATARA TOWNSHIP BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Petitioner
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 170
Pages: 1040–1041

Head Matter:
Jeffrey VARNER, Lisa Robinson, and Michael Hossler, Respondents v. SWATARA TOWNSHIP BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, Petitioner
No. 202 MAL 2017
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
September 11, 2017

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 11th day of September, 2017, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:
1. Whether the Commonwealth Court committed an error of law in concluding that the First Class Township Code required Swatara Township to seek judicial approval of its by-ward reapportionment effort despite the applicability of the Municipal Reapportionment Act and Article IX, Section 11 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, and the legislative authority afforded to Pennsylvania municipalities to conduct reapportionment[?]
2. Whether the Commonwealth Court committed an error of law by interpreting the phrase "not entirely elected at large" contained in the Pennsylvania Constitution and Municipal Reapportionment Act in a manner violating the rules of statutory construction!;?]