Legal Opinion
McClimans v. Board of Supervisors
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 22, 1987No. Appeal, No. 581 C.D. 1986PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge MacPhail,
The Amerikohl Land Company and a group of landowners (Appellants) appeal an order of the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas which affirmed a decision by the Shenango Township (Township) Board of Supervisors denying Appellants’ request that it declare relevant portions of its zoning ordinance invalid and adopt Appellants’ proposed curative amendment. We vacate and remand.
The landowners involved have leased to Amerikohl the right to remove, by a strip mining process, coal on their property. The property in question is zoned R-l residential. Under the terms of the…
2Cases cited23 opinions
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- Agins v. City of TiburonSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Keystone Bituminous Coal Assn. v. DeBenedictisSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
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