Legal Opinion
Range Resources-Appalachia, LLC v. Salem Township
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 19, 2009No. 29 WAP 2008PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice SAYLOR.
The primary question raised in this appeal by allowance pertains to the preemptive scope of Pennsylvania’s Oil and Gas Act. As such, this decision is issued in conjunction with our disposition in Huntley & Huntley, Inc. v. Borough Council of the Borough of Oakmont, 600 Pa. 207, 964 A.2d 855, 2009 WL 413723 (2009), which also addresses the same issue within the context of a somewhat different set of facts.
In 2005, Appellant Salem Township, Westmoreland County (the “Township”) enacted a general ordinance directed at regulating surface and land development associated with…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Huntley & Huntley, Inc. v. Council of OakmontSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Nutter v. DoughertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Hydropress Environmental Services, Inc. v. Township of Upper Mount BethelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. WhitefordCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Great Lakes Energy Partners v. Salem TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Huntley & Huntley, Inc. v. Council of OakmontSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Hoffman Mining Co. v. Zoning Hearing BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Robinson Township v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- Fross v. County of AlleghenySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Jojo Oil Co. v. Dingman Township Zoning Hearing BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
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