Western Pennsylvania Restaurant Ass'n v. Pittsburgh

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• “It is of course self-evident that a municipal ordinance cannot be sustained to the extent that it is contradictory to, or inconsistent with, a state statute.”
• in which our Supreme Court stated that where the general tenor of a statute shows the General Assembly’s intention that it should not be supplemented by municipal bodies, the local legislation should be held invalid
• in which our Supreme Court stated that where the general tenor of a statute shows the General Assembly's intention that it should not be supplemented by municipal bodies, the local legislation should be held invalid
• the state legislation did not preempt the field in regard to regulation of public eating and drinking places which provided that the license must be obtained upon inspection of the premises, facility and equipment from the health authorities of the municipalities
• public health ordinance did not unconstitutionally discriminate against restaurant owners and operators.

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