No. 20-359

Henrieta Pisztora, et al. v. City of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, et al.

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2020-09-17
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: 14th-amendment due-process municipal-law notice notice-requirement property-rights real-property service-of-process tax-sale
Latest Conference: 2020-11-13
Question Presented (from Petition)

Whether Pennsylvania's Second Class City Treasurer's Sale and Collection Act (53 P.S. §27101, et seq) violates the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution, because it deprives citizens of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania of their real property without due process of law, when defective service of written notice, including, to "dead people", does not void the tax sale and the subsequent forfeiture of real property.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether Pennsylvania's Second Class City Treasurer's Sale and Collection Act violates the 14th Amendment

Docket Entries

2020-11-16
Petition DENIED.
2020-10-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/13/2020.
2020-10-07
Waiver of right of respondent City of Pittsburgh to respond filed.
2020-09-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 19, 2020)

Attorneys

City of Pittsburgh
Lawrence Henry BaumillerCity of Pittsburgh Deparment of Law, Respondent
Henrieta Pisztora, et al.
Deborah Ruth ErbsteinGoldberg Kamin & Garvin, LLP, Petitioner