Legal Opinion
Medinger Appeal
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 24, 1954No. Appeal, 22PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Bell,
A narrow question is presented in this zoning appeal. Was the sliding scale of minimum habitable floor area which varied in different districts of the township constitutional?
A Zoning Ordinance, No. 309, dated December 16, 1940, as amended August 11, 1948, passed pursuant to the enabling Act of June 24, 1931, as amended by the Act of May 27, 1949 * , divides Springfield Township into various districts and prescribes a different requirement as to minimum habitable floor area in each district. Section 200 provides for two-story houses as follows: “AA” — 1800 feet…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Village of Euclid v. Ambler Realty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. MahonSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Coppage v. KansasSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Eubank v. City of RichmondSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
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3Cited by89 opinions
- Archbishop O'Hara's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- Schubach v. SilverSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Bilbar Construction Co. v. Easttown Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Cleaver v. Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- Commonwealth v. TateSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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