• Moreno v. Schuylkill County Tax Claim Bureau

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Wallace
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 168 C.D. 2023

    Tax bureau failed to comply with notice requirements of the Real Estate Tax Sale Law by not undertaking reasonable efforts to locate the property's owner after the upset sale notice was returned undelivered. Order of the trial court reversed.

  • In re Appeal of Sposato

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Tax
    Industry:
    Court: Commonwealth Court
    Judge: Judge Covey
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 135 C.D. 2020

    Trial court erred in denying nunc pro tunc relief to appellants in their challenge to their 2019 property assessment because Board of Revision of Taxes was negligent in not mailing appellants notice of the reassessment and appellants filed an appeal with BRT as soon as they received their 2019 tax bill, which was the first time they received notice that their property had been reassessed. Reversed.

  • Bollinger v. Board of Supervisors of Wolf Twp.

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Energy | Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Lycoming County
    Judge: Judge Carlucci
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: CV 23-01204

    Appellant solar farm developer appealed appellee township's denial of its application for a conditional use permit. The court sustained the appeal, holding that appellant was entitled to a deemed approval of its conditional use application where appellee rendered a final written decision more than 45 days after the extended date on which the parties expressly agreed that the evidentiary record would close.

  • eXp Realty, LLC v. Borough of Glenolden

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: U.S. District Court for Pennsylvania - Eastern
    Judge: District Judge Baylson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 23-4287

    Challenge to local use and occupancy ordinance failed where plaintiff did not suffer a due process violation and where the ordinance had been amended to comply with state law and thus was not preempted. Defendants' motion to dismiss granted.

  • Drexel Prop Assoc., LLC v. Slakoff

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Landlord Tenant Law
    Industry: Hospitality and Lodging | Real Estate
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Coyle
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 00699

    Defendant tenant appealed the court's order denying his motion to reinstate his appeal of a municipal court order denying his petition to open default judgment. The court concluded that its order should be affirmed where defendant failed to timely file pleadings below, mistakenly or intentionally misrepresented filing dates to the court, and offered no meritorious legal arguments that would warrant reinstating his appeal.

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  • City of Philadelphia v. Zoning Bd. of Adjustment

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Land Use and Planning
    Industry: Real Estate | State and Local Government
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Roberts
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1078 CD 2023

    City and city councilman appealed the court's denial of their appeal of a decision of city's zoning board of adjustment that granted property owner's application for a commercial property use permit. The court requested that its decision be affirmed where Board's decision was supported by substantial evidence that the approved variance was properly limited in scope for a unique property and would not result in adverse impacts.

  • Leonard v. Leonard

    Publication Date: 2024-05-17
    Practice Area: Family Law
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Keogh
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 1104

    In a §1925(a) opinion, the court urged the Superior Court to quash the appeal of a "Part 2" partition decision as untimely or alternatively affirm the court's Dec. 26, 2023, order because neither party preserved any issues for appellate review.

  • Griffin v. Mathis

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County
    Judge: Judge Fox
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 190 EDA 2024

    The court urged the Superior Court to affirm its order that ruled on exceptions to a Master's Report that determined the fair market value of a residence owned by the parties and other issues that were not appealable as a final order.

  • Xie v. Xie

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Monroe County
    Judge: Judge Williamson
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 004957-CV-2015

    Plaintiff sought partition of real property that she owned with defendant. The court ordered the property partitioned, calculated the amounts owed between the parties in light of credits based upon amounts paid and the property's fair rental value for pertinent periods, and set out proper disbursement amounts for any sale proceeds, depending upon the parties' intentions for the property's final disposition.

  • MJ Byeich Prop., LLC v. JJL Normandy Prop., LLC

    Publication Date: 2024-05-10
    Practice Area: Real Estate
    Industry:
    Court: Courts of Common Pleas, Bucks County
    Judge: Judge Mellon
    Attorneys: For plaintiff:
    for defendant:

    Case Number: 2021-02831

    The court's §1925(a) opinion urged affirmance of its Oct. 11, 2023 order denying post-trial relief and its October 17, 2023 order and judgment in favor of plaintiff whose vacant commercial lot was subject to a deliberate water intrusion by defendants from their adjacent property which was uphill to the plaintiff's property.