Legal Opinion
In Re Condemnation of Lands Situate & Being in the Scranton
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 8, 1990No. 1962, 1999, 2000, 2060 and 2061 C.D. 1989PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
This is a consolidated appeal from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County dismissing preliminary objections filed by five property owners (Condemnees) to declarations of taking filed by the Scranton Redevelopment Authority (Redevelopment Authority) to condemn properties they owned on Lackawanna Avenue in the City of Scranton. 1 The declarations of taking were filed by the Redevelopment Authority to implement the Lackawanna Avenue Redevelopment Area (Project Area) which was adopted pursuant to the procedures set forth in the Urban Redevelopment Law, Act…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Belovsky v. Redevelopment AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
- Schenck v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Faranda AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Crawford v. Redevelopment AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Seligsohn AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Condemnation of 110 Washington Street Ex Rel. Redevelopment Authority of MontgomeryCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- In re Condemnation by the Redevelopment Authority of Lancaster of Real EstateCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- City of Midwest City v. House of Realty, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 2008
- York City Redevelopment Authority v. Ohio Blenders, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- PVI Associates v. Redevelopment Authority (In Re PVI Associates)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1995
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