Legal Opinion
Carnegie Borough Annexation Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 28, 1962No. Appeal, 8PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Cohen,
In 1955 the council of the Borough of Carnegie (Borough), Allegheny County, enacted an ordinance purporting to annex 190 acres of land in Robinson Township (Township). This ordinance was enacted following presentation of a petition to the council by the freeholders within the area involved seeking the annexation. Township appealed to the court of quarter sessions from the passage of this ordinance. The proceeding lay dormant until March, 1956, when, upon motion of Borough, the court gave it leave to withdraw its application for approval of the annexation “without…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bell AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Dauphin Deposit Trust Co. v. MyersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Delaware County National Bank v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- West Conshohocken Borough AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
- Lancaster City Annexation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Palmer Township Annexation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Jenner Township Annexation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Lower Macungie Township Annexation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Chartiers Township AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- West Mead Township Annexation CaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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