Legal Opinion
Landau Advertising Co. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 17, 1957No. Appeal, No. 215PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Chidsey,
This is an appeal from the decision of the court below reversing an order of the Zoning Board of Adjustment. The appeal was taken by the Board itself and we permitted the City of Philadelphia to be substituted as appellant.1
Plaintiff is an outdoor advertising company which leased the roof area above a drugstore located in an area zoned “A” Commercial in the City of Philadelphia. Plaintiff filed an application with the Zoning Division of the Department of Licenses and Inspections for a permit to erect on the leased premises a large illuminated billboard fifteen…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Thomas Cusack Co. v. City of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Packer Corp. v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- General Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Department of Public WorksMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935
- St. Louis Poster Advertising Co. v. City of St. LouisSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Devereux Foundation, Inc., Zoning CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Bilbar Construction Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Norate Corp. v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Newman Signs, Inc. v. HjelleNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1978
- Philadelphia v. Earl Scheib Realty Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Yocum Zoning CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
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