Legal Opinion
Ridley Park United Methodist Church v. Zoning Hearing Board Ridley Park Borough
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 3, 2007PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge PELLEGRINI.
Thomas O’Loughlin, Charles R. Wall-gren and Joseph York (Property Owners) appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County (trial court) affirming the supplemental decision of the Zoning Hearing Board (Board) of Ridley Park Borough (Borough) granting a special exception to the Ridley Park United Methodist Church (Church) to operate a daycare on its property.
A similar case1 involving the parties2 was previously before our Court when the Church, located in an R-l Residential District in which commercial uses are not permitted, filed an appeal from…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
- City of Boerne v. FloresSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
- Cutter v. WilkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 2005
- Braunfeld v. BrownSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Sharonell Fulton v. City of PhiladelphiaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2019
- Combs v. Homer-Center School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
- Fulton v. City of Phila.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2018
- Commonwealth v. ParenteCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Big Sky Colony, Inc. v. Montana Department of Labor & IndustryMontana Supreme Court · 2012
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