Legal Opinion
CMWLTH., DEPT. OF ENV. R. v. Pa. Power Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 25, 1975No. 22PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JONES, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal from the Commonwealth Court’s affirmance of an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lawrence County dated April 19, 1973, dismissing the appellant’s, Department of Environmental Resources (DER) 1 , petition and rule to show cause why the appellee, Pennsylvania Power Company (PPC) and Ray E. Semmler, president of PPC, should not be adjudged in contempt of court. The present litigation arises from the appellee’s failure to comply, and its subsequent defense of impossibility to comply, with a prior unappealed court order requiring the appellee to…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Shillitani v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. BryanSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Maggio v. ZeitzSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Portland Cement Association v. RuckelshausCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
- Blumenschein v. Pittsburgh Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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3Cited by35 opinions
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