Legal Opinion
Costopoulos v. Zoning Board of Adjustment
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 2, 1976No. Appeal, No. 504 C.D. 1975PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Wilkinson,
On March 13, 1969, the Borough of Carlisle, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, enacted Ordinance 1056 (ordinance), here in controversy. The ordinance prohibited the erection or maintenance of projecting signs1 over public areas and mandated the removal of like existing signs at the expense of the owner thereof, no later than March 13, 1974. In February of 1974, the instant action was commenced and on March 2, 1974, the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas issued an order staying enforcement of the ordinance pending a final determination of the case on its merits.
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2Cases cited11 opinions
- Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human RelationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Valentine v. ChrestensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Beaver Gasoline Co. v. Osborne BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- HOFFMAN v. PITTSBURGHSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Bruker v. Carlisle BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SterlaceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- State v. SanguinettiSupreme Court of Vermont · 1982
- Simco Sales Service of Pennsylvania, Inc. v. Township of Lower Merion Board of CommissionersCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Bloom v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983