Legal Opinion

Blumenschein v. Pittsburgh Housing Authority

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 22, 1954No. Appeal, No. 254PublishedCited by 194 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Horace Stern,

Plaintiffs, on behalf of themselves as taxpayers and all other persons similarly affected, filed a complaint in equity to enjoin the Housing Authority of the City of Pittsburgh from taking by eminent domain their properties located on a certain site selected by the Authority for a public housing project. An answer having been filed and hearing held, the Chancellor dismissed the complaint. Plaintiffs’ exceptions were dismissed by the court en bane, and from its final decree plaintiffs now appeal.

*568In August, 1949, the Housing Authority of the City of…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. Dornan v. Philadelphia Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
  2. Chapman v. Huntington, West Virginia, Housing AuthorityWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1939
  3. Allydonn Realty Corp. v. Holyoke Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939
  4. Hogue v. the Housing Auth. of North Little RockSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1940
  5. Stockus v. Boston Housing AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1939

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3Cited by194 opinions

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  4. Weber v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
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