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New Findings of Study on Methane in Shallow Groundwater

A new study of subsurface geology in northeastern Pennsylvania shows that methane from deep shale formations, like the Marcellus, has been found as a natural condition in the shallow drinking water aquifer system of the region.
8 minute read

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Gunderson Dettmer Founder Blazes Trail to Ninth Circuit in Dispute Over Hawaii Vacation Home

Robert Gunderson wants a coastal trail kept at a distance from his property on the Big Island.
4 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Energy Company Wins Dispute Against Landowners Over Gas Lease

An oil and gas company, Exco Resources, has won summary judgment in a case brought by landowners seeking to have its lease of 130 acres in Northwest Pennsylvania declared invalid.
5 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Safeguards Against Adverse Zoning Ordinance Activities

In an effort to provide better safeguards to surface and mineral rights owners who might not otherwise become aware of proposed municipal actions that could affect their property interests, such as a municipality's consideration and adoption of a new zoning ordinance or zoning ordinance amendment, Gov. Tom Corbett signed Act 36 of 2013 into law July 2, 2013. Act 36, which took effect Aug. 31, 2013, amended the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code to add a requirement that municipalities provide "mailed notice" or "electronic notice" of public hearings concerning proposed zoning ordinances and zoning ordinance amendments to the owners of tracts or parcels of land or the owners of mineral rights in tracts or parcels of land located within their borders upon request by those owners.
6 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

Penn St. v. East Lampeter Twp. Zoning Hearing Bd., PICS Case No. 14-0210 (Pa. Commw. Jan. 29, 2014) Simpson, J. (62 pages).

By | February 18, 2014
Reverse Spot Zoning • Density Restrictions • R-Rural Zoning • "Fixed Scale System"
3 minute read

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Carlson v. Ciavarelli, PICS Case No. 14-0120 (C.P. Montgomery Jan. 9, 2014) Braxton, J. (7 pages).

By | February 18, 2014
Pennsylvania Environmental Immunity Statute • Noerr-Pennington Defense • False and Misleading Statements
3 minute read

Daily Business Review

Developer's property rights case against Hollywood upheld

The city of Hollywood failed to get a developer's property rights case dismissed in the Broward Circuit Court.
3 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

The Voice of the Jordan v. North Whitehall Twp. Bd. of Supervisors, PICS Case No. 14-0161 (C.P. Lehigh June 5, 2013) Reibman, J. (14 pages).

By | February 11, 2014
Conditional Use • Zoning • Wastewater Treatment Facility
3 minute read

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Bartkowski Inv. Grp. v. Bd. of Comm'rs of Marple Twp. , PICS Case No. 14-0152 (Pa. Commw. Jan. 28, 2014) Green, J. (8 pages).

By | February 11, 2014
Zoning Ordinance • Jurisdiction • Appeals
2 minute read

The Legal Intelligencer

St. John The Baptist Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church v. Pittsburgh Zoning Bd., PICS Case No. 14-0169 (Pa. Commw. Jan. 24, 2014) Friedman, J. (12 pages).

By | February 11, 2014
Zoning • Variance • Special Exception
3 minute read

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