Legal Opinion
In Re Appeal of Realen Valley Forge Greenes Associates
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 18, 2003No. 186 MAP 2002PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice LAMB.
We granted allowance of appeal to consider the validity of the agricultural zoning of a tract located in the heart of one of the most highly developed areas in the region, entirely surrounded by an urban landscape, and immediately adjacent to what is currently the world’s largest shopping complex at one discrete location: the Court and the Plaza at King of Prussia. We hold that this agricultural zoning, designed to prevent development of the subject property and to “freeze” its substantially undeveloped state for over four decades in order to serve the public interest as…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- National Land & Investment Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Schubach v. SilverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Cleaver v. Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
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