Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sterlace
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 16, 1976No. Appeal, 197 C.D. 1975PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
On January 2, 1975, a district magistrate found Richard S. Sterlace guilty of violating Ordinance No. 662 which restricts the manner of distributing advertising material to residents of McCandless Township (Township) in Allegheny County. On appeal and after a hearing de novo before the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, Sterlace was again found guilty and was fined thirty dollars ($30.00) in accordance with the penalty provisions of the said ordinance. This appeal followed.
Ordinance No. 662 was enacted by the Township on October 8, 1974, as an apparent attempt to…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Shelton v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Schneider v. State (Town of Irvington)Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Lovell v. City of GriffinSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Martin v. City of StruthersSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Bigelow v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Lehigh Foundations, Inc. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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