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E. Rockhill Twp. v. Richard E. Pierson Materials Corp.

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided March 6, 2019No. Civil Action No. 2:18-cv-02382-GAM (Diversity Jurisdiction); Originally Filed in the Court of Common Pleas, Bucks County Case No. 18-02730PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

Gerald Austin McHugh, United States District Judge

MEMORANDUM

This case represents an unusual exercise of federal diversity jurisdiction in that I am being asked to address what is essentially a local zoning controversy. The municipality involved is East Rockhill Township in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The property in question is a quarry that has been in existence dating back to the 1800s, but one that has not been operational to any meaningful extent since the 1980s. The owner of the quarry took care to meet the minimal requirements for keeping the quarry active under Pennsylvania law and…

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E. Rockhill Twp. v. Richard E. Pierson Materials Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2019