Pilchesky, J. v. Lackawanna Co., et al - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT JOSEPH PILCHESKY, Petitioner v. LACKAWANNA COUNTY AND LACKAWANNA COUNTY COMMISSIONERS COREY O'BRIEN, JAMES WANSACZ AND PATRICK O'MALLEY, Respondents : No. 278 MAL 2013 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the : Order of the Commonwealth Court : : : : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 16th day of May, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issues. The issue, as stated by Petitioner, is: Did the Commonwealth Court err at law or abuse its discretion when it affirmed the trial court s decision that the four-part referendum question proposed within the County s Ordinance 224 was an allowable amendment to the Lackawanna County Home Rule Charter?

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