Legal Opinion
Rochez Bros. v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 19, 1975No. Appeal, No. 506 C.D. 1974PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Kramer,
This is an appeal filed by Rochez Brothers, Inc., d/b/a Lucerne Coke Company (Lucerne) from an order of the Environmental Hearing Board (Board) dated March 25, 1974 which affirmed the refusal by the Department of Environmental Resources (DER) to approve Lucerne’s application to reactivate its beehive coke ovens.
Most of the basic facts are not in dispute. In 1952, 264 beehive coke ovens1 were constructed about one and a half miles northeast of Homer City in the County of Indiana. The ovens are located in a valley along a stream and against a steep hillside which rises…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Lawton v. SteeleSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
- Commonwealth v. Harmar Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Bortz Coal Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. Barnes & Tucker Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. Pennsylvania Power Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Warren Sand & Gravel Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- East Pennsboro Township Authority v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Pennsylvania Retailers' Ass'n v. LazinCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. Locust Point Quarries, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Einsig v. Pennsylvania Mines Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
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