Topic: zero-regulation interpretation · Go Syfert
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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 15 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Building Owners & Managers Ass'n v. City of Pittsburgh.

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1 Building Owners & Managers Ass'n v. City of Pittsburgh Anchor
pa · 2009
green “zero-regulation interpretation” 5
2 In Re Petition to Recall Reese
pa · 1995
green “pursuant to the constitutional and statutory provisions authorizing home rule, a home rule municipality's exercise of power is presumed to be valid absent a specific constitutional or statutory limitation, and ambiguities are to be resolved in favor of the municipality.” 5
3 Addison Case
pa · 1956
green “where a home rule charter is adopted by a constitutionally empowered electorate, it affords an example of pure democracy - the sovereign people legislating directly and not by representatives in respect of the organization and administration of their local government.” 5

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