Legal Opinion
Catholic Cemeteries Ass'n of the Diocese of Pittsburgh Zoning Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 22, 1954No. Appeal, 281PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mb. Justice Allen M. Stearne,
The appeal of the Township of Upper St. Clair is from the order of the court below directing the Board of Adjustment of Upper St. Clair Township to grant a certificate and permits to the Catholic Cemeteries Association of the Diocese of Pittsburgh and of Margaret E. Houston, Florence C. Biles and John B. Houston (appellees), for the use of approximately 185 acres of land in the Township as a cemetery. It is contended that the court below did not properly exercise its reviewable powers within the scope statutorily prescribed for appeals from a zoning…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Devereux Foundation, Inc., Zoning CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Lukens v. Ridley Township Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Valicenti's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1929
- Kerr's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1928
- Reininger Zoning CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
3Cited by26 opinions
- Topanga Assn. for a Scenic Comm. v. CTY OF LOS ANGELESCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
- National Land & Investment Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Exton Quarries, Inc. v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Richman v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Crafton Borough AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
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