Legal Opinion
Kowenhoven v. County of Allegheny
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 18, 2006No. 2 WAP 2005PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*548 OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
The primary issue in this appeal is whether equity jurisdiction lies in the common pleas court to address a taxpayer’s claim that the manner in which the county adjudicates tax assessment appeals violates constitutional due process guarantees.
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This action was commenced when Appellants filed a class-action complaint in the court of common pleas, invoking the court’s equitable jurisdiction and naming as defendants Allegheny County (the “County”), as well as its Board of Property Assessment Appeals and Review (the “Board”). In the complaint, Appellants challenged certain…
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- Rosewell v. LaSalle National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
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