Legal Opinion

United Cerebral Palsy Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 23, 1955No. Appeal, No. 156PublishedCited by 18 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mk. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

The Overbrook Farms Club, an association of neighborhood residents, objects, on this appeal, to the grant by the court below of a use registration permit for a residence at 6020 Overbrook Avenue, Philadelphia, to be occupied by a group of young men physically handicapped by cerebral palsy.

The United Cerebral Palsy Association of Philadelphia and Vicinity applied to the Zoning Division of the Philadelphia Department of Licenses and Inspection for the use registration permit in question. The project of the Association is to establish a residence,…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Lord AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
  2. Medinger AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  3. Shapiro v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
  4. Walker v. ZONING BD. OF ADJ.(et Al.)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
  5. D. B. S. Building Ass'n. v. ErieSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955

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3Cited by18 opinions

  1. Manor Healthcare Corp. v. Lower Moreland Township Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  2. Earle v. Zoning Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Rhode Island · 1963
  3. County of Lake v. Gateway Houses Foundation, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1974
  4. Beckman v. City of Grand IslandNebraska Supreme Court · 1968
  5. Allegheny Valley School v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986

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