O'Connor v. City of Phila.

83 A.3d 410

Cozen O'CONNOR, Petitioner

v.CITY OF PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF ETHICS and City of Philadelphia and the Honorable Robert A. Brady and Friends of Bob Brady, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Jan. 6, 2014.

OPINION TEXT STARTS HEREPetition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court, No. 376 EAL 2013.

Prior report: Pa.Cmwlth., 71 A.3d 407.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 6th day of January, 2014, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as framed by Petitioner, are:

1. Should this Court grant review of the Commonwealth Court's holding that, contrary to settled rules of statutory construction, post-election fundraising and/or debt forgiveness to retire a candidate's ballot challenge legal defense costs obligation that accrued in 2007 and was specifically not precluded, is nonetheless regulated as a “contribution” under Philadelphia's 2007 campaign finance law?

2. Should this Court grant review of the Commonwealth Court's holding that, while incurring ballot challenge litigation legal defense costs was not a regulated “expenditure” under the applicable 2007 campaign finance law, postelection liquidation of the resulting debt is nonetheless regulated by that law?

3. Should this Court grant review of the Commonwealth Court's holding that legal fees incurred by a political campaign for the...