Case Name: The COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Frank S. Beal, as Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Al Benedict, as Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Robert E. Casey, as State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1979-07-05
Citations: 486 Pa. 144
Docket Number: Appeal No. 16
Parties: The COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Frank S. Beal, as Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Al Benedict, as Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Robert E. Casey, as State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellees.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 486
Pages: 144–146

Head Matter:
404 A.2d 671
The COUNTY OF ALLEGHENY, a political subdivision of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellants, v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Frank S. Beal, as Secretary of the Department of Public Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Al Benedict, as Auditor General of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Robert E. Casey, as State Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellees.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued March 8, 1979.
Decided July 5, 1979.
Reargument Denied Aug. 27, 1979.
Alexander J. Jaffurs, County Sol., Robert S. Barker, Loraine S. Tabakin, Asst. Co. Sol., Pittsburgh, for appellant.
Margaret Hunting, Deputy Atty. Gen., Harrisburg, for appellees.
Marc H. Myers, Asst. City Sol. for City of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO and LARSEN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.
Judgment affirmed.
LARSEN, J., filed a dissenting opinion.