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ROETHLEIN v. PORTNOFF LAW ASSOCIATES, LTD.

Nos. 46 & 47 EAP 2012

81 A.3d 816 (2013)

Beverly ROETHLEIN and Robert Albanese, on Behalf of Themselves and all others Similarly Situated and Jerry Konidaris and Theodora G. Konidaris, Appellees v. PORTNOFF LAW ASSOCIATES, LTD. and Michelle R. Portnoff, Esquire, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly Marie Colonna, Esq. , Helen Louise Gemmill, Esq. , McNees, Wallace & Nurick, LLC, Harrisburg, for Portnoff Law Associates, Ltd. and Michelle R. Portnoff.

Michael Gerard McCabe, Esq. , Goehring, Rutter & Boehm, Pittsburgh, Daniel Donahue Regan, Esq. , Andrew Francis Szefi, Esq. , Pittsburgh, Ira Weiss, Esq. , Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae County of Allegheny, City of Pittsburgh and School District of Pittsburgh, amicus curiae.

Noah I. Axler, Esq. , Philadelphia, for Beverly Roethlein and Robert Albanese.

Bernard S. Rubb, Esq. , Sewickley, for Jerry Konidaris and Theodora G. Konidaris.

Donald F. Driscoll, Esq. , Community Justice Project, Pittsburgh, for Community Justice Project, amicus curiae.

Michael P. Malakoff, Esq. , Pittsburgh, for ACTION United, amicus curiae.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice TODD.

In the instant case, we consider whether Pennsylvania's Loan Interest and Protection Law ("Act 6" or "the Act")1 provides taxpayers with a cause of action to challenge costs imposed for the collection of delinquent taxes or to seek damages and attorneys' fees for improperly-imposed costs. We also consider whether Section 7103 of the Municipal Claims and Tax Liens Act ("MCTLA")2<...

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