Legal Opinion
Wynnewood Civic Ass'n v. Lower Merion Township
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 17, 1956No. Appeal, No. 282PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Woodside, J.,
This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Montgomery County dismissing a complaint by which the appellants sought to have the court declare invalid an ordinance of a first class township amending a zoning ordinance.
On December 8, 1952 the Commissioners of Lower Merion Township, by a vote of 9 to 4, enacted Ordinance No. 1081 which amended the township’s zoning ordinance by changing the classification of a tract of land of approximately 15 acres from R3 and R4 residential districts to an R7 residential district. Under the township’s zoning…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Delaware County National Bank v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Putney v. Abington TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Boyle AppealSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1955
- Panther Valley Television Co. v. Summit Hill BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Roeder v. Hatfield Borough CouncilSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Wynnewood Civic Ass'n v. Lower Merion Township Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Wynne v. Lower Merion TownshipSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- McArthur v. Mt. Lebanon TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
- Ellison v. Mount Lebanon TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1963
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