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parking violation in Pennsylvania

8 Pennsylvania opinions name it 3 courts 1972–2026 2 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (6)

CaseFollowedCited
In Re the Nomination Petitions & Papers of Stevensongreen
pa · 2012 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
2 sentences

2026Code §§ 12-2805 (notice of parking violation), 12-2806 (answer to the parking violation, including a denial and request of an in-person or online hearing), 12-2807 (providing for an adjudication by a parking hearing examiner), 12-2808 (providing for appeal to the BAA within 30 days of the parking hearing examiner’s decision); 8 Lower federal court decisions “have only persuasive, not binding, effect on the courts of this Commonwealth—although we certainly are bound by the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court on questions of federal law.” In re Stevenson, 40 A.3d 1212, 1221 (Pa. 2012). 15 Sectio

2026Code §§ 12-2805 (notice of parking violation), 12-2806 (answer to the parking violation, including a denial and request of an in-person or online hearing), 12-2807 (providing for an adjudication by a parking hearing examiner), 12-2808 (providing for appeal to the BAA within 30 days of the parking hearing examiner’s decision); 8 Lower federal court decisions “have only persuasive, not binding, effect on the courts of this Commonwealth—although we certainly are bound by the decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court on questions of federal law.” In re Stevenson, 40 A.3d 1212, 1221 (Pa. 2012). 15 Sectio

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O'NEILL v. City of Philadelphiagreen
pacommwct · 1998 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025Accord O’Neill v. City of Phila., 711 A.2d 544, 549 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1998) (observing, regarding the legal expense of challenging a parking violation, that “the expense and inconvenience of pursuing the administrative remedy does not render the remedy inadequate”).

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Commonwealth v. Stevensongreen
pasuperct · 2003 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2018–2018
1 sentence

2018See Commonwealth v. Stevenson, 832 A.2d 1123 , 1130- 32 (Pa.Super. 2003) (examining each ground for stopping separately where officer stopped vehicle on three unrelated grounds—suspected driving without a license, illegal drug activity, and a parking violation).

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City of Kansas City v. Hertz Corporationgreen
mo · 1973 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 1989–1989
1 sentence

1989City of Kansas City v. Hertz Corp., 499 S.W.2d 449, 453 (1973).

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Mumma v. Hinklegreen
pactcompldauphi · 1958 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 1972–1972
1 sentence

1972Nelly, speaking for the Common Pleas Court of Dauphin County in the case of Mumma v. Hinkle, 71 Dauph. 241, 244, 20 Pa. D. & C. 2d 621, 625 (1958), “While the option to purchase real estate is not a sale, the optionee nevertheless does acquire the right to call for a conveyance of the land, and it has been held that this right to purchase constitutes a substantial interest in the land.” Its license, the name given to the parking privilege in the Fry Option Agreement, is ordinarily considered to be a mere personal or revocable privilege to perform an act or series of acts on the land of another

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Albert J. Grosser Co. v. Rosengreen
pa · 1969 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 1972–1972
2 sentences

1972Grosser Co. v. Rosen, 436 Pa. 311, 317 , 259 A. 2d 679, 681 (1969): ‘By taldng the benefits of the lease and collecting the rents, Rosen [the mortgagee in possession] has adopted the lease and must likewise take its burdens.’ ” Had Bally exercised its right to purchase the property, no question would have arisen as to Roger’s right to enjoy the parking privilege of its leases.

1972Grosser Co. v. Rosen, 436 Pa. 311, 317 , 259 A. 2d 679, 681 (1969): ‘By taldng the benefits of the lease and collecting the rents, Rosen [the mortgagee in possession] has adopted the lease and must likewise take its burdens.’ ” Had Bally exercised its right to purchase the property, no question would have arisen as to Roger’s right to enjoy the parking privilege of its leases.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (4)

CaseCitedYears
Halberstadt v. Borough of Nazareth green
pa · 1997
2 sentences

2003Hertzberg; Halberstadt v. Borough of Nazareth, 546 Pa. 578 , 687 A.2d 371 (1997); Vitti; Wagner.

2003Hertzberg; Halberstadt v. Borough of Nazareth, 546 Pa. 578 , 687 A.2d 371 (1997); Vitti; Wagner.

12003–2003
Commonwealth v. DeWitt green
pa · 1992
2 sentences

2003Id. at 304-06 , 608 A.2d at 1033 .

2003Id. at 304-06 , 608 A.2d at 1033 .

12003–2003
Sunnyside Up Corp. v. City of Lancaster Zoning Hearing Board green
pacommwct · 1999
1 sentence

2002Sunnyside Up Corporation v. City of Lancaster Zoning Hearing Board, 739 A.2d 644 (Pa.Cmwlth.1999), appeal denied, 563 Pa. 636 , 758 A.2d 666 (2000); Gustin v. Zoning Board of Sayre Borough, 55 Pa.Cmwlth. 410 , 423 A.2d 1085 (1980). .Appellants contend that the Ordinance does not require service bays as part of a gasoline service station use; rather, Appellants maintain that a reasonable reading of the parking requirement is that if a gasoline service station has any bays at all, it must have at least five parking spaces for each of those bays.

12002–2002
Gustin v. Zoning Hearing Board green
pacommwct · 1980
2 sentences

2002Sunnyside Up Corporation v. City of Lancaster Zoning Hearing Board, 739 A.2d 644 (Pa.Cmwlth.1999), appeal denied, 563 Pa. 636 , 758 A.2d 666 (2000); Gustin v. Zoning Board of Sayre Borough, 55 Pa.Cmwlth. 410 , 423 A.2d 1085 (1980). .Appellants contend that the Ordinance does not require service bays as part of a gasoline service station use; rather, Appellants maintain that a reasonable reading of the parking requirement is that if a gasoline service station has any bays at all, it must have at least five parking spaces for each of those bays.

2002Sunnyside Up Corporation v. City of Lancaster Zoning Hearing Board, 739 A.2d 644 (Pa.Cmwlth.1999), appeal denied, 563 Pa. 636 , 758 A.2d 666 (2000); Gustin v. Zoning Board of Sayre Borough, 55 Pa.Cmwlth. 410 , 423 A.2d 1085 (1980). .Appellants contend that the Ordinance does not require service bays as part of a gasoline service station use; rather, Appellants maintain that a reasonable reading of the parking requirement is that if a gasoline service station has any bays at all, it must have at least five parking spaces for each of those bays.

12002–2002

Where else courts name it

NY 23 (1962–2022) CA 16 (1947–2025) IL 12 (1978–2024) WA 9 (1951–2020) PA 8 (1972–2026) MA 7 (1975–2026) OH 6 (1958–2016) MD 6 (1995–2026) MO 6 (1972–2013) VT 5 (2007–2021) NJ 5 (1983–2022) DC 4 (1974–2014) IA 3 (1976–2021) NH 3 (2003–2008) MI 3 (2018–2019) TX 3 (2016–2024) FL 3 (1979–2003) WI 2 (2015–2020) AL 2 (1967–2004) CO 2 (1982–1984) ID 2 (2022–2022) UT 2 (2017–2017) AR 2 (2000–2000)

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