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PITTSBURGH v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, 584 Pa. 575 (2005)

886 A.2d 682

CITY OF PITTSBURGH, Respondent v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, FORT PITT LODGE NO. 1, Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
November 30, 2005.

Petition Nos. 347-348 WAL 2004 for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court entered May 26,

Page 576

2004, at Nos. 56 CD 2004 and 57 CD 2004, affirming in part and reversing in part the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County entered December 10, 2003, at Nos. SA-03-202 and SA-03-205.

ORDER
PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 29th day of November, 2005, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is hereby granted, limited to the following issue:

Whether the Commonwealth Court’s decision permitting the reduction of post-retirement healthcare benefits for active officers conflicts with the Supreme Court decision in Appeal of Upper Providence Twp?

The order of the Commonwealth Court is vacated insofar as it resolved the post retirement health care benefits issue, and the case is remanded to the Commonwealth Court for consideration and analysis of this Court’s decision in Appeal of Upper Providence Township, 514 Pa. 501, 526 A.2d 315 (1987).

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