Legal Opinion
Stoner v. Township of Lower Merion
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 1991No. 1351 C.D. 1990PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRAIG, President Judge.
The Stoners, appellants here, are landowners in Lower Merion Township who are pursuing a claim that their application for the subdivision of a residentially zoned parcel, into two single-family dwelling lots, complied in full with the township’s ordinance requirements, so that the township’s board of commissioners violated a nondiscretionary duty in refusing the subdivision approval.
Within thirty days after the township’s April 18, 1989 rejection of the subdivision application, the landowners filed an action in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, presenting…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Thompson Coal Co. v. Pike Coal Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Unger v. Hampton TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Vintage Homes, Inc. v. LevinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Goodman v. Board of CommissionersCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
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