Legal Opinion
Highway Auto Service v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 19, 1982No. Appeal, No. 501 C.D. 1980PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion bt
Judge Rogers,
Highway Auto Service (Highway Auto) appeals from an order of the Environmental Hearing Board (EHB) dismissing as moot its appeal from an order of the Department of Environmental Resources (DER).
Employees of the DER on July 29, 1979 detected a continuing discharge of an oily substance into the Susquehanna River from a portal known as the Butler *162Mine Tunnel in the City of Pittston, Luzerne County. Relying upon information it had received and old mine maps, the DER undertook an investigation of the surface and subsurface area in and around Highway Auto, a truck and auto…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education & the Hospital Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Allen v. ColauttiCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Glen Alden Coal Co. v. Anthracite MinersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1935
- Silver Spring Township v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
3Cited by2 opinions
- Horsehead Resource Development Co. v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Al Hamilton Contracting Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985