PA Supreme Court rules Chester cannot unilaterally act on CWA assets

PA Supreme Court rules Chester cannot unilaterally act on CWA assets

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that the Chester Water Authority assets belong to the city, Delaware and Chester counties, in a decision reversing a 2021 Commonwealth Court ruling that would have allowed the city to claw back the assets of the authority. In writing the majority opinion, Supreme Court Justice Christine Donohue wrote, “In the context of this case, this means that City no longer possesses the unilateral power to acquire CW…