Anna Jewart Co-Authors Legal Intelligencer
Pennsylvania municipalities are empowered not only to adopt ordinances and enforce them but to establish fines and penalties for violations of the same. However, municipalities are creatures of statute and authorized only to act within the bounds of the powers granted to them by the General Assembly. In their recent article, Accumulating Accountability: Commonwealth Court Reviews Constitutional Limits on Cumulative Municipal Fines, Attorneys Michael Korns and Anna Skipper Jewart explain that the power of a municipality to seek fines and penalties is not only limited by the state statute that authorizes it but confined by the protections of the state and U.S. Constitution. To read the full article, click here.