Talk:Ordinance

Definitions on page
Commenting definitions out because it seems like the wikitionary should cover these. Is it right? I have tried to follow the guidelines and clean this page up, so I am going to change the tag to just disambig instead of disambig-clean. GuyPlasma 18:15, 17 April 2007 (UTC)

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I would add water ordinances

A legal issue
Dear Wikipedia:

I write to bring your attention to the definition of Ordinance you have posted on your webiste. I have provided for your information the below court case that was filed on January 8, 2008 by the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania which addresses the definition of a law as opposed to an ordinance. I am of the opinion that if Buckwalter decides to appeal this case to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the decision of the Commonwealth Court will be overturned. Let's hope he does that.

If perhaps you may have an avenue by which you can inform lawyers of this decision, I urge you to so inform them of it. I would be interested in reading their opinions relative to the rationale of the court in this decision. I know that when I read this case, it made little sense to me! It is quite difficult for me to accept the fact that, in reaching this decision, the court relied on an 1881 case? (Baldwin v. City of Philadelphia, 99 Pa. 164 (Pa. 1881). Blackstone says: Ordinance, a law... .  That's the definition you provide, and that's the definition I believe is accurate.  But, I'm not the judge, right?

For me, the decision in this case (Kendrick Buckwalter v. Borough of Phoenixville) reeks of the judicial irrationality and childish egoism so prevalent in our courts today. Judge's seem to be competing against one another for stature or something. It is my hope that they might start acting like adults, and stop acting like schoolchildren.

Here's the case; the LINK to it appears at the end of this message.


 * IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA


 * Kendrick Buckwalter, Appellant
 * v.
 * Borough of Phoenixville


 * No. 1361 C.D. 2007


 * Argued: December 10, 2007
 * Filed: January 8, 2008


 * BEFORE: HONORABLE BONNIE BRIGANCE LEADBETTER, President Judge
 * HONORABLE ROCHELLE S. FRIEDMAN, Judge
 * HONORABLE JOSEPH F. McCLOSKEY, Senior Judge
 * OPINION BY JUDGE FRIEDMAN FILED: January 8, 2008


 * Here's the Link: http://www.courts.state.pa.us/OpPosting/CWealth/out/1361CD07_1-8-08.pdf

Anthony Appleyard (talk) 09:44, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
 * This legal query was put in page Ordinance at 00:54 and 01:03 on 9 January 2008 by User:Che722.

The Commonwealth Court was required to follow the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision in Baldwin. Buckwalter's case was appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court; the Court has heard argument but has not yet rendered a decision.Justme44 (talk) 03:59, 13 July 2009 (UTC)

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court reversed the Commonwealth Court in a decision dated December 28, 2009. In doing so, the Court expressly overruled the Baldwin case (of 1881).