Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. National Gettysburg Battlefield Tower, Inc.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided April 3, 1973No. Appeal, Nos. 120 C.D. 1972 & 753 C.D. 1972PublishedCited by 28 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Rogers,

As the pleasant Pennsylvania countryside within the triangle of the Alleghenies, the Susquehanna and the Maryland line provided the site for the maneuvers of two great armies in the last days of June 1863, and as the fields around Gettysburg provided the place for the decisive three first days of July of that year, this lawsuit is a testing ground of important and fundamental interests, one old the other new, in serious conflict. The appellees, National Gettysburg Battlefield Tower, Inc., and its individual principals, desire to construct a tower 307 feet high at a…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. VIDAL v. Girard's ExecutorsSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
  2. Shapiro v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  3. Moyerman v. GlanzbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  4. Sparhawk v. Union Passenger Railway Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1867
  5. Robinson v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960

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3Cited by28 opinions

  1. Robinson Township v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  2. Payne v. KassabCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  3. Community College v. FoxCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
  4. Snelling v. Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
  5. Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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