By THE EDITORIAL BOARD | July 21, 2017
Substitute House Bill 6880 is the product of raw politics and communities that are willing to lobby heavily to keep out people of even modest means and instead allow only expensive homes that pay more in taxes.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Portion of street in use by railroad track was dedicated to the public use prior to implementation of 21-year statute of limitations, evidenced by charter granted by the commonwealth to a railroad corporation to construct the railway. Order of the trial court affirmed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
The Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code provided private cause of action to enforce alleged violations of a township's SALDO. Order of the trial court reversed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 21, 2017
Pending ordinance doctrine did not apply to zoning application where examiner testified application was complete prior to favorable reporting of proposed zoning ordinance out of the city council, the point at which, under the city's zoning ordinance, the proposed ordinance was deemed "pending." Order of the trial court affirmed.
By Carla Vianna | July 18, 2017
Arnstein & Lehr partner Luis Flores helps lead the way for Property Markets Group's first Fort Lauderdale project.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Plaintiffs established title to a disputed portion of land between the parties' adjoining parcels through a "consentable boundary" where the evidence demonstrated that the parties and their predecessors used two fences on the disputed property as a consentable boundary for 40 years. The court entered judgment for plaintiffs.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Donated or Dedicated Property Act restrictions applied to property purchased with Project 70 Act funds that was later dedicated to the public use, and such restrictions could not be eliminated by a Project 70 Act legislative release. Orders of the commonwealth court vacated and reversed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
Trial court erred in finding that appellants' use of home in a single-family residential district as a transient rental property violated the zoning ordinance because the language of the ordinance did not bar appellants' use of the property and township did not meet its burden of showing that appellant's use of the property was a substantial threat to the health and safety of the community. Reversed.
By thelegalintelligencer | The Legal Intelligencer | July 14, 2017
The failure to join one of the record owners of real property as a party to this easement proceeding deprived the court of subject matter jurisdiction, because all owners of the subject property were indispensable parties. Adjudicating the matter without joining one of the record owners violated that person's due process rights.
By Michael Booth | July 13, 2017
Past affordable housing rulings made by now-retired Superior Court Judge Douglas Wolfson, challenged by the township of South Brunswick based on the judge's long-term personal and professional relationship with a developer, will stand, a trial court decided Thursday.
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