Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Beam
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 25, 2002No. 18 MAP 2001PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAYLOR, Justice.
The issue presented is whether the Department of Transportation may seek to enjoin the operation of an unlicensed airport where this is not specifically authorized by the controlling statute.
Appellee Troy Beam (“Beam”) used a portion of his property in Hopewell Township, Cumberland County, to take off in, land, and house his private airplane. In 1999, the state Department of Transportation (the “Department”) filed a complaint in equity and petition for a preliminary injunction, alleging that Beam was operating an airport without a license in violation of Section 471.3…
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