Legal Opinion

Gaughen v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 23, 1989No. Appeals 291 C. D. 1988 and 293 C. D. 1988PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Senior Judge Barbieri,

Thomas W. Gaughen, t/d/b/aTWG Real Estate Management Services (Gaughen) appeals an order of the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas sustaining his preliminary objections to a declaration of taking filed by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (DOT) and dismissing in part and sustaining in part, DOT’s preliminary objection to Gaughen’s Petition for the Appointment of Viewers. DOT has cross-appealed from that same order.

This matter stems from defacto and dejure condemnation proceedings which concern a 226.778 acre tract of land in Hampden Township…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Conroy-Prugh Glass Co. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. In re 1301 Filbert Ltd. PartnershipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
  3. Commonwealth AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  4. Hazleton Redevelopment Authority v. HudockCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
  5. Visco v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority v. WBF Associates, L.P.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  2. Ehrlander v. State, Department of Transportation & Public FacilitiesAlaska Supreme Court · 1990
  3. Defeo v. SillDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. Calhoun v. City of DurantCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1997
  5. Gross v. City of PittsburghCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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