Thornbury Township Board of Supervisors v. W.D.D., Inc.

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The Thornbury Township Board of Supervisors appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County invalidating a vote of the supervisors on final approval of a subdivision plan of W.D.D., Inc. (WDD), because one of the supervisors, Mr. John Copeland, should have disqualified himself from voting, and remanding the case to the supervisors for a new vote.

The issue raised in this appeal is whether a member of the board of supervisors, who appears as a private individual, represented by counsel, before the township zoning hearing board to object to an application…