Legal Opinion
Berwick Area Landlord Ass'n v. Borough of Berwick
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 27, 2012PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Senior Judge COLINS.
This case involves a challenge to the legality of the Landlord Registration Ordinance, No.2007-01 (Ordinance), of the Borough of Berwick, Columbia County (Borough). The Berwick Area Landlord Association and the Pennsylvania Residential Owners Association (collectively, Appellants) filed a declaratory judgment action in the Court of Common Pleas of the 26th Judicial District, Columbia County branch (trial court), seeking to have the entire Ordinance declared invalid. Appellants claimed that (i) the Ordinance is preempted by Pennsylvania statutes, (ii) the…
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