Legal Opinion
In re Condemnation by Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 29, 1975No. Appeal, No. 147 C.D. 1975PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
President Judge Bowman,
This appeal evolves from a condemnation of a portion of land owned by appellants, Stephen and Elizabeth Becker, by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT). Appellants’ property was designated to be part of a project to widen existing Legislative Route 201 in Chester County from the Borough of Phoenixville to East Vincent Township, a distance of approximately 4.8 miles, a wholly state financed project.
During the design phase of a highway project, such as in this case, The Administrative Code of 1929, Act of April 9, 1929, P.L. 177, as amended,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Mullane v. Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Citizens to Preserve Overton Park, Inc. v. VolpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Schroeder v. City of New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Payne v. KassabCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re Condemnation by the Urban Redevelopment AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Clean Air Council, M.M. deMarteleire and M.S. Bomstein v. Sunoco Pipeline, L.P.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- In re Condemnation by the CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- David v. Philadelphia Electric Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
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