Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Department of Transportation v. E-Z Parks, Inc.
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 4, 1993PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NARICK, Senior Judge.
The question before this Court is whether the Board of Claims erred as a matter of law in its interpretation of a contract between E-Z Parks, Inc., and the Department of Transportation (DOT). We hold that the Board of Claims so erred.
The prolonged history of this case began in 1972, when DOT condemned eighty-seven tracts of land located along Vine Street in Philadelphia for the purpose of constructing a limited access highway (Expressway). The Expressway project was delayed throughout the 1970s due to lack of funding and the need to comply with the National Environmental…
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