Legal Opinion
Mills v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 8, 1993No. 0052 and 0056 E.D. Appeal Docket 1992PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GAPPY, Justice.
These consolidated cases question the scope of immunity provided by the Recreation Use of Land and Water Act (“RUA”), 68 P.S. § 477-1 et seq., to the owners of a clearly defined 37 acre tract of land containing various improvements. For the reasons that follow we find that the owners of the land in question, Penn’s Landing in Philadelphia, are not entitled to immunity pursuant to the RUA.
Penn’s Landing is a 37 acre tract of land along the west bank of the Delaware river in the city of Philadelphia where William Penn disembarked and founded the province of…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Marks v. TasmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- Rivera v. Philadelphia Theological Seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Keelen v. State, Dept. of Culture, Recreation & TourismSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
- Harrison v. Middlesex Water CompanySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1979
- Walsh v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Stone v. York Haven Power Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Brown v. Tunkhannock TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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