St. Patrick’s Day Alert: Public Urination is Prohibited in the City of Pittsburgh.

The City of Pittsburgh passed an ordinance in 2009 [ No. 2009-1731] specifically prohibiting public urination and defication. There is no such offense in the Pennsylvania Crimes Code, so the City Counsel felt that it needed one. Thus, this offense is tried in the City Housing Court. The Crimes Code does, however, contain a prohibition against public drunkenness and there is always the old favorite, disorderly conduct.

Update: FHLB of Pgh. v. J P Morgan et al.

No. 560 Federal Home Loan Bank of Pittsburgh v. J P Morgan Securities, LLC, J P Morgan Acquisitions Corp., J P Morgan Mortgage Acceptance Corporation I, Chase Home Finance LLC, Chase Mortgage Finance Corporation, JPMorgan Chase & Co, Moody’s Corporation, Moody’s Investor s Services, Inc., The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc and Fitch, Inc. No. GD09-016892 On […]

Winter Classic Precedent.

No. 554 Just to lighten up for this first post of 2011, allow me to improve your education with a little trivia. On the very site where the Winter Classic will be played later today — barring a catastrophic meltdown — baseball used to be played on New Year’s Day.  That’s right, at Exhibition Park, […]

Allegheny County Deed Registry Has Improved Real Estate Practice.

After six months, some still don’t like having to submit deeds for pre-approval before recording. But despite protests, the experiment with deed screening has clearly proved that the new system is worth keeping.

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