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IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA City of Philadelphia, Plaintiff v. Philadelphia Parking Authority, Defendant BEFORE: : : : : No. 616 M.D. 2003 : Argued: November 4, 2003 : :

HONORABLE DAN PELLEGRINI, Judge HONORABLE ROCHELLE S. FRIEDMAN, Judge HONORABLE JAMES R. KELLEY, Senior Judge FILED: December 15, 2003

OPINION BY JUDGE PELLEGRINI

Before this Court are preliminary objections filed by the Philadelphia Parking Authority (PPA) in response to a complaint filed by the City of Philadelphia (City) in which the City seeks both monetary damages and specific performance for alleged breaches of two contracts entered into by the two parties: the Agreement of Cooperation, under which PPA enforces on-street parking; and the Parking Services Contract, under which PPA collects parking fees on behalf of the City at the City-owned Philadelphia International Airport (Airport). PPA was created as the City's local parking authority in 1950 when the City enacted an ordinance that authorized the Mayor to apply for articles of incorporation for a parking authority pursuant to the Parking Authority Law.1
Act of June 5, 1947, P.L. 458, formerly 53 P.S.

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