Legal Opinion
In re Benech
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 1, 1977No. Appeal, No. 378 C.D. 1975PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Mencer,
Fawn Township, Allegheny County, is a sparsely populated township graced with breathtaking rural amenities. It is also graced with a motorcycle racecourse operated on an 80-acre tract which was recently rezoned at the request of its owner, Bonald B. Porter, so as to allow the course to operate legally. The suit of Porter’s aggrieved neighbors, attacking the validity of the rezoning and thereby seeking to close the racecourse, was successful in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, and Porter’s appeal is now before us.
Porter owns over 100 acres of land in an…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Schubach v. SilverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Mulac AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
- Drop v. Board of AdjustmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Pantry Quik, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of City of HazletonCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Pollock v. Zoning Board of AdjustmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Pace Resources, Inc. v. Shrewsbury TownshipCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1987
- Sharp v. Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Michaels Development Co. v. Benzinger Township Board of SupervisorsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Pace Resources, Inc. v. Shrewsbury Township Planning CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Knight v. Lynn Township Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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