Legal Opinion
Vernon Township Water Authority v. Vernon Township
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 15, 1999PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
Vernon Township (Township) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Crawford County (trial court) declaring the Township’s Ordinance 1997-1, providing that the citizens of the Township had the option of whether or not to connect to the water system, null and void on the grounds that the Township’s Board of Supervisors (Board) lacked the authority to enact such Ordinance.
The Vernon Township Water Authority (Authority) was created by resolution of the Board in 1978 and was incorporated as an independent municipal authority under the Municipal Authorities Act of…
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- Smith v. Athens Township AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
- Klein v. Straban TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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