Legal Opinion

White's Appeal

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 12, 1926No. Appeal, 7PublishedCited by 230 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Kephabt,

The City of Pittsburgh, pursuant to a statutory authority, passed a zoning ordinance. It provided a comprehensive plan to divide the city into districts and regulate the use of the land and buildings thereon. Briefly, the ordinance divided the city into five use districts, a heavy industrial, a light industrial and a commercial district, an “A” residence district, and a “¡B” residence district, and specified from eight to thirty-five prohibited uses for each district. Many restrictions are imposed on the use and occupancy.

In the division relating to residence…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
  2. Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  3. Munn v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  4. Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
  5. Truax v. CorriganSupreme Court of the United States · 1921

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3Cited by230 opinions

  1. Consumer Party of Pennsylvania v. Com.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  2. National Land & Investment Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
  3. Robinson Township v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. Archbishop O'Hara's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
  5. County of Allegheny v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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