Valley View Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Adjustment

Decided July 1, 1983. William D. Hutchinson wrote the opinion for the court.

462 A.2d 637 · Cited 562 times

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• O'NEILL v. Zoning Bd. of Adj. · 434 Pa. 331
• Ferry v. Kownacki · 396 Pa. 283
• Girsh Appeal · 437 Pa. 237
• Republic Steel Corp. v. Workmen's Compensation Appeal Board · 421 A.2d 1060
• Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board v. Kaufmann Department Stores, Inc. · 29 A.2d 90
• Pyzdrowski v. Pittsburgh Board of Adjustment · 437 Pa. 481
• Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission · 413 A.2d 1037
• Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Education v. Schireson · 61 A.2d 343
• Andress v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 410 Pa. 77
• Lindquist Appeal · 364 Pa. 561
• Ventresca v. Exley · 56 A.2d 210
• Filanowski v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 439 Pa. 360
• Garbev Zoning Case · 385 Pa. 328
• Brennen v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 409 Pa. 376
• Nicholson v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 392 Pa. 278
• Tidewater Oil Co. v. POORE · 395 Pa. 89
• Bilotta v. Haverford Township Zoning Board · 440 Pa. 105
• Poster Advertising Co. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 408 Pa. 248
• Walter v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment · 437 Pa. 277
• Magrann v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 404 Pa. 198
• Upper St. Clair Township Grange Zoning Case · 397 Pa. 67
• Forest Hills Borough Appeal · 409 Pa. 392
• Edwards Zoning Case · 392 Pa. 188
• Haas v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 403 Pa. 155
• J. Richard Fretz, Inc. v. Hilltown Township Zoning Hearing Board · 18 Pa. Commw. 471

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• Larsen v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 672 A.2d 286
• Bawa Muhaiyaddeen Fellowship v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment · 19 A.3d 36
• East Torresdale Civic Ass'n v. Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustment · 120 Pa. Commw. 393
• RDM Group & Zom Construction Co. v. Pittston Twp. ZHB & Pittston Twp.
• Allegheny West Civic Council, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 689 A.2d 225
• East Torresdale Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 85 Pa. Commw. 12
• Harry A. v. Zoning Hearing Board · 626 A.2d 1147
• In re: Appeal of M.V. Johanningsmeier ~ From Decision of City of Philadelphia ZBA ~ Appeal of: Warrington Dev. Partners, LP
• Laurento v. Zoning Hearing Board · 638 A.2d 437
• Laurel Point Associates v. Susquehanna Township Zoning Hearing Board · 887 A.2d 796
• Wilson v. Plumstead Twp. Zoning Hearing Board · 936 A.2d 1061
• East Torresdale Civic Ass'n v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 639 A.2d 446
• Whitpain Township Board of Supervisors v. Whitpain Township Zoning Hearing Board · 550 A.2d 1355
• Society Created to Reduce Urban Blight v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 787 A.2d 1123
• Andreucci v. ZHB, L. MILFORD TWP. · 522 A.2d 107
• Damico v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 643 A.2d 156
• Board of Supervisors v. McClimans · 597 A.2d 738
• Hitz v. ZONING BD. OF SOUTH ANNVILLE TP. · 734 A.2d 60
• Rudd v. Lower Gwynedd Township Zoning Hearing Board · 133 Pa. Commw. 652
• Southland Corp. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 91 Pa. Commw. 433
• City of Pittsburgh v. Zoning Board of Adjustment · 559 A.2d 896
• Isaacs v. Wilkes-Barre City Zoning Hearing Board · 612 A.2d 559
• Gorsline v. Bd. of Supervisors of Fairfield Twp. · 186 A.3d 375

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