Bliss Excavating Co. v. Luzerne County

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Cohen,

This is an appeal from a preliminary injunction restraining officers, agents and employees of Luzerne County, inter alia, “from putting into effect or enforcing section 2.05, and its various subsections, of the... zoning ordinance of Luzerne County.” Section 2.05 and its various subsections regulate the use of land for “Excavation of Sand, Gravel, Coal or Other Minerals and Rock and Peat Moss, for Sale.” Plaintiff-appellees are either owners of anthracite coal lands in Luzerne County, which are or may be mined by strip mining methods, or are engaged in the business…