Summit Towne Centre, Inc. v. Shoe Show of Rocky Mount, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JUSTICE NIGRO.

The question presented in this case is whether the Superior Court erred in reversing the trial court’s denial of a requested preliminary injunction. We hold that it did.

Appellee Summit Towne Centre, Inc. (“Summit”), a Pennsylvania corporation, owns and operates the Summit Towne Centre (“Centre”), a shopping center located in a “power shopping district” in Millcreek Township, Erie County. The Centre’s .550,000 square feet of retail space are divided between twenty to thirty retail and business tenants, including such large “anchor” establishments as Giant…