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Judge overturns Pa. funeral regulations

The Inquirer (Philly.com)
Philadelphia PA
May 15  2012

A federal district judge sitting in Harrisburg has thrown out decades-old state regulations governing Pennsylvania funeral homes  saying they held down competition while substantially boosting costs.

Judge John E. Jones III  ruling in a four-year-old lawsuit that a York-area funeral director and others brought against individual members of the Pennsylvania State Board of Funeral Directors  essentially endorsed the plaintiffs’ allegations that regulators walled the funeral business off from competition by restricting the entry of out-of-state operators  imposed rules that made it difficult for funeral homes to operate efficiently  and even went so far as to improperly impose restrictions on funeral home names.

Read the full article at The Inquirer (Philly.com)

Thanks to the Death Care Law Blog for alerting us to this article.

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