Legal Opinion
Beattie v. Allegheny County
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 15, 2004PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY President Judge COLINS.
The members of this class action (Taxpayers) appeal an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County that sustained preliminary objections filed by Allegheny County, its former Chief Executive, James Roddey, and Manatron, Inc. The class members aver that they are homeowners whose houses have actual values of $50,000 or less, and contend that the County’s assessment system has caused approximately 80,000 such homes to be over-assessed, and also caused a significant number of high-value homes to be under-assessed. Them complaint1 filed in equity…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Borough of Green Tree v. Board of Property Assessments, Appeals & ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Shenango Valley Osteopathic Hospital v. Department of Health of CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Leventhal v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
- Fisher Controls Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- City of Lancaster v. County of LancasterCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by2 opinions
- In Re Appeal of Springfield School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Beattie v. Allegheny CountyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004