Legal Opinion
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 27, 1967No. Appeals, Nos. 188, 189, 190, 192 and 194PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Cohen,
These appeals involve two separate actions concerning the same matters. The first (appeals numbers 188 and 194) presents a petition seeking a declaratory judgment, which action was brought June 18, 1965 by Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) and the City of Philadelphia against Philadelphia Transportation Company (PTC) and its subsidiaries. Plaintiffs’ petition requested the court to determine (1) the right of SEPTA as the city’s assignee to purchase the assets of PTC pursuant to an option to purchase contained in paragraph Eleventh of an…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Caplan v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1953
- Branch v. KaiserSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1927
- Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Transportation Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Berks Broadcasting Co. v. CraumerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1947
3Cited by16 opinions
- Metropolitan Transportation Authority v. Bruken Realty Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Cambridge Co. v. East Slope Investment Corp.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1985
- Pearson EstateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Camerlo v. Howard Johnson Co.District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1982
- Tolland Enterprises v. Commissioner of TransportationConnecticut Appellate Court · 1994
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