Legal Opinion
In re Jim Thorpe Borough Liquor Store Protest
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 11, 1984No. Appeal, No. 731 C.D. 1984PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Barbieri,
The Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (Board) appeals here from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Carbon County which sustained a protest filed by certain taxpayers to the proposed relocation of a state liquor store in the Borough of Jim Thorpe. The appellees, in turn, have filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to Pa. R.A.P. 1972. We shall grant the motion to disuiiss.
The taxpayers, alleging that the proposed site of the liquor store was too close to a church, filed their protest pursuant to the provisions of Section 301 of the Liquor Code (Code),1 which reads in…
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- Commonwealth, Richland Township v. HellermanCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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- Kestler AppealCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Amos v. Commonwealth ex rel. Borough of WaynesburgCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
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