Cleaver v. Board of Adjustment

Decided May 11, 1964. John C. Bell Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

414 Pa. 367 · Cited 125 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Medinger Appeal · 377 Pa. 217
• Lord Appeal · 368 Pa. 121
• Phi Lambda Theta Zoning Case · 400 Pa. 60
• White's Appeal · 134 A. 409
• Gardner v. Allegheny County · 382 Pa. 88
• Kline v. Harrisburg · 68 A.2d 182
• Cali v. Philadelphia · 406 Pa. 290
• Kelly v. Philadelphia · 382 Pa. 459
• Murray v. Philadelphia · 364 Pa. 157
• Allentown School District Mercantile Tax Case · 370 Pa. 161
• Dauphin Deposit Trust Co. v. Myers · 388 Pa. 444
• Lukens v. Ridley Township Zoning Board of Adjustment · 367 Pa. 608
• Miller v. Beaver Falls · 368 Pa. 189
• Andress v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 410 Pa. 77
• Lhormer v. Bowen · 410 Pa. 508
• GRATTON v. CONTE · 364 Pa. 578
• Garbev Zoning Case · 385 Pa. 328
• Tate v. Philadelphia Transportation Co. · 410 Pa. 490
• Brennen v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 409 Pa. 376
• Rogalski v. Upper Chichester Township · 406 Pa. 550
• Key Realty Co. Zoning Case · 408 Pa. 98
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Truscott v. Philadelphia · 380 Pa. 367
• Donahue v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 412 Pa. 332
• Forest Hills Borough Appeal · 409 Pa. 392
• Caplan's Appeal · 143 A. 134

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• Schubach v. Silver · 336 A.2d 328
• C & M Developers, Inc. v. Bedminster Township Zoning Hearing Board · 820 A.2d 143
• National Land & Investment Co. v. Easttown Township Board of Adjustment · 419 Pa. 504
• Pollock v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 20 Pa. Commw. 641
• Schubach v. Silver · 9 Pa. Commw. 152
• Gwynedd Properties, Inc. v. Lower Gwynedd Township · 150 Pa. Commw. 124
• Concord Township Appeal · 439 Pa. 466
• Commercial Properties, Inc. v. Peternel · 418 Pa. 304
• Vagnoni v. Bridgeport Borough Council · 420 Pa. 411
• Clawson v. Harborcreek Zoning Hearing Board · 9 Pa. Commw. 124
• Exton Quarries, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 425 Pa. 43
• Mulac Appeal · 418 Pa. 207
• Snyder v. Railroad Borough · 59 Pa. Commw. 385
• Robinson Township v. Commonwealth · 83 A.3d 901
• Washington Arbitration Case · 436 Pa. 168
• County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth · 490 A.2d 402
• Pyzdrowski v. Pittsburgh Board of Adjustment · 437 Pa. 481
• MacDonald v. Board of County Commissioners for Prince George's County & Isle of Thye Land Co. · 210 A.2d 325
• In Re Appeal of Realen Valley Forge Greenes Associates · 838 A.2d 718
• PA Northwestern Distributors, Inc. v. Zoning Hearing Board · 584 A.2d 1372
• Hopewell Township Board of Supervisors v. Golla · 452 A.2d 1337
• Alco Parking Corp. v. Pittsburgh · 453 Pa. 245
• Dawson Enterprises, Inc. v. Blaine County · 567 P.2d 1257
• Columbia Oldsmobile, Inc. v. City of Montgomery · 56 Ohio St. 3d 60
• Parker v. Hough · 420 Pa. 7

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