Legal Opinion
Spahn v. Zoning Board of Adjustment
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 18, 2009No. 25 & 26 EAP 2008, 27 EAP 2008, 28 EAP 2008PublishedCited by 80 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice CASTILLE.
The questions presented in this appeal arose from the General Assembly’s enactment of Section 17.1 of the First Class City Home Rule Act (“Home Rule Act”), 53 P.S. § 13131.1.1 The enactment occurred following the introduction of House Bill No. 1954 on September 9, 2003, which originally involved increasing the fines and penalties for Philadelphia Code (“Code”) violations (Section 1 of the bill). The bill was then amended on November 19, 2004 and added Section 2 to the bill providing for standing in appeals from zoning matters as follows:2
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2Cases cited41 opinions
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- Toy v. Metropolitan Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- City of Philadelphia v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
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3Cited by80 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. Janssen Pharmaceutica, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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