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Publication Date: 2019-08-26
Practice Area: Government
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Wojcik
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Case Number: 19-1005
City appealed trial court's entry of declaratory judgment in favor of residents in their challenge to city's recycling program fee and court found trial court erred in not including leaf and yard waste collection costs, prior year's deficits or anticipated program costs in its calculations. Affirmed in part, vacated in part and remanded.
Publication Date: 2019-08-26
Practice Area: Administrative Law
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Jubelirer
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Case Number: 19-1004
Trial court did not err in granting licensee's appeal of the denial of his application for an ignition interlock and non-commercial learner's permit because department did not meet its burden to permanently deny licensee's operating privileges under § 1503(a)(8) but trial court erred in ordering department to grant the license because that exceeded its authority. Affirmed in part and vacated in part.
Publication Date: 2019-08-26
Practice Area: Tax
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Cannon
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Case Number: 19-1002
Appellant property owners challenged trial court's dismissal of their complaint alleging taxing authorities did not have the right to appeal assessed values on the basis of current market value pursuant to §5-207.06(B)(7) of the county administrative code and board rule IV, §3A and court agreed with trial court that the complaint had to be dismissed but disagreed as to the grounds, finding appellants should have exhausted the assessment law appeal process before bringing a complaint before the trial court. Affirmed.
Publication Date: 2019-08-26
Practice Area: Administrative Law
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 19-1007
Appellant appealed trial court's ruling that board substantially complied with §607(b) of the Municipalities Planning Code in enacting a zoning ordinance and court found that while it agreed with trial court's conclusion that Zoning Ordinance Committee was a valid planning committee, ZOC failed to hold at least one public meeting pursuant to public notice as required by §607(b), and trial court erred in finding that board substantially complied with §607(b) in enacting the ordinance. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2019-08-26
Practice Area: Real Estate
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 19-0992
Where petitioner's property was designated as historic under Philadelphia's Preservation Ordinance both individually and as part of a neighborhood historic district, the court could not offer petitioner any meaningful relief on appeal from the individual historic designation and, thus, the appeal was moot. The appellate court dismissed petitioner's appeal as moot.
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Publication Date: 2019-08-19
Practice Area: Civil Procedure
Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Leadbetter
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Case Number: 19-0966
The appeals before the commonwealth court in this tax exemption case were barred by res judicata because the controlling issues were already decided in a prior companion proceeding in which all parties had an opportunity to participate and assert their rights. The commonwealth court dismissed the appeals at bar.
Publication Date: 2019-08-19
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Leavitt
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Case Number: 19-0976
Workers' compensation appeal board erred in holding that a worker's compensation trust group self-insurance fund was entitled to subrogation for payments made to police officer claimant and court reversed board's order insofar as it reversed the WCJ's decision that denied employer's petition to review compensation benefits requesting a determination regrading subrogation rights. Reversed in part and affirmed in part.
Publication Date: 2019-08-19
Practice Area: Employment Litigation
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Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Leavitt
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Case Number: 19-0982
Hearing officer erred in holding that office lacked jurisdiction over pharmacy fee review contests because even though employer denied liability for the injury and had not been adjudicated liable for the injury, employer accepted responsibility for pharmacy's invoices in the compromise and release agreement resolving the dispute between claimant and employer. Vacated and remanded.
Publication Date: 2019-08-12
Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
Industry: State and Local Government | Technology Media and Telecom
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Covey
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Case Number: 19-0951
Trial court erred in affirming zoning hearing board's grant of a dimensional variance and special exception to applicant to construct a wireless communication tower because applicant did not establish an unnecessary hardship where property owner was already making reasonable use of the property, zoning board abused its discretion in finding applicant satisfied the requirement for a special exception and the TCA did not support the grant of the dimensional variance and special exception. Reversed.
Publication Date: 2019-08-12
Practice Area: Energy and Natural Resources
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: Commonwealth Court
Judge: Judge Wojcik
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Case Number: 19-0919
Court granted commonwealth's application for summary relief and concluded §§1604-E and 1605-E of the fiscal code and §1912 of the supplemental general appropriations act of 2009 were not facially unconstitutional because one third of the bonus and rental payments were not part of the corpus trust established by art. I, §27 of the Pennsylvania constitution and could be appropriated for general fund purposes. Application granted.
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