Legal Opinion
Northampton, Bucks County Municipal Authority v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 6, 1989No. 101 E.D. Appeal Docket 1988PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION, OF THE COURT
PAPADAKOS, Justice.
The issue presented for our review is whether an interpretative regulation promulgated by the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) comports with statutory intent or constitutes an arbitrary and capricious limitation of the Legislature’s language.
In 1953 the Legislature provided statutory guidelines for payments of state money toward the cost of sewage treat*255ment facilities built by municipalities and school districts. Act of Aug. 20, 1953, P.L. 1217, as amended, 35 P.S. § 701-703 (Act 339). Under Section 701, the Commonwealth pays two percent of…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Uniontown Area School District v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Commonwealth v. LobiondoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. Harmar Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Cunningham v. COM., PENN. ST. POLICESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Resources v. Pennsylvania Power Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 5 v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Bridges v. Commonwealth Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver LicensingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- In re J.S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Department of Environmental Protection v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Cameron v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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