Township of South Fayette v. Boys' Home

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

On February 11, 1976, at the suit of South Fayette Township, a judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County enjoined the Center for Assessment and Treatment of Youth, Inc. (CATY), a nonprofit corporation, and David E. Hagan, its president, from continuing to operate a so-called secure treatment unit for juvenile delinquents on property owned and formerly used as an orphanage by another nonprofit corporation, The Boys’ Home, until the defendants should have complied with the Township’s zoning and land use ordinances. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, which was…