M.D. Appeal Dkt.
49 2017
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
JEFFREY VARNER, LISA ROBINSON, : No. 202 MAL 2017
AND MICHAEL HOSSLER, :
:
Respondents : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Commonwealth Court
:
v. :
:
:
SWATARA TOWNSHIP BOARD OF :
COMMISSIONERS, :
:
Petitioner :
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[?]