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public purpose requirement in Pennsylvania

7 Pennsylvania opinions name it 2 courts 2010–2024 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 (2)

CaseFollowedCited
Washington Park, Inc. Appealgreen
pa · 1967 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024Rd. for Benefit of O’Reilly, 5 A.3d 246 (Pa. 2010). 7 See in re Legislative Route 62214, Section 1-A, 229 A.2d 1, 3 (Pa. 1967) (“[A] taking does not ‘lose its public character merely because there may exist in the operation some feature of private gain, for if the public good is enhanced it is immaterial that a private interest also may be benefited.’” (quoting Belovsky v. Redevelopment Auth. of City of Phila., 54 A.2d 277, 283 (Pa. 1947))). 8 To put a finer point on it, under the modern iteration of the public purpose standard, this Court looks for the “real,” “fundamental,” or “true purpose”

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Belovsky v. Redevelopment Authoritygreen
pa · 1947 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024Rd. for Benefit of O’Reilly, 5 A.3d 246 (Pa. 2010). 7 See in re Legislative Route 62214, Section 1-A, 229 A.2d 1, 3 (Pa. 1967) (“[A] taking does not ‘lose its public character merely because there may exist in the operation some feature of private gain, for if the public good is enhanced it is immaterial that a private interest also may be benefited.’” (quoting Belovsky v. Redevelopment Auth. of City of Phila., 54 A.2d 277, 283 (Pa. 1947))). 8 To put a finer point on it, under the modern iteration of the public purpose standard, this Court looks for the “real,” “fundamental,” or “true purpose”

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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 (7)

CaseCitedYears
In Re Opening a Private Road for the Benefit of O'Reilly green
pa · 2010
2 sentences

2024Rd. for Benefit of O’Reilly, 5 A.3d 246 (Pa. 2010). 7 See in re Legislative Route 62214, Section 1-A, 229 A.2d 1, 3 (Pa. 1967) (“[A] taking does not ‘lose its public character merely because there may exist in the operation some feature of private gain, for if the public good is enhanced it is immaterial that a private interest also may be benefited.’” (quoting Belovsky v. Redevelopment Auth. of City of Phila., 54 A.2d 277, 283 (Pa. 1947))). 8 To put a finer point on it, under the modern iteration of the public purpose standard, this Court looks for the “real,” “fundamental,” or “true purpose”

2016In order to satisfy this public purpose requirement, “the public must be the primary and paramount beneficiary of the taking.” O’Reilly, 5 A.3d at 258 .

32016–2024
Hertzberg v. Zoning Board of Adjustment green
pa · 1998
2 sentences

2017For all these reasons, we affirm the order of the trial court. ______________________________________ MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, President Judge 15 In land use cases, the extent of a taking by zoning regulation is a relevant consideration as established in Hertzberg v. Miryam’s, 721 A.2d 43 (Pa. 1998). 17 IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA In Re: Petition of Burton R.

2017For all these reasons, we affirm the order of the trial court. ______________________________________ MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, President Judge 15 In land use cases, the extent of a taking by zoning regulation is a relevant consideration as established in Hertzberg v. Miryam’s, 721 A.2d 43 (Pa. 1998). 17 IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA In Re: Petition of Burton R.

22017–2017
Middletown Township v. Lands of Stone green
pa · 2007
1 sentence

2024Lands of Stone, 939 A.2d at 337 .

12024–2024
Price v. Philadelphia Parking Authority green
pa · 1966
1 sentence

2024The Price Court analogized the issue in that case to the question of whether a taking satisfies the public purpose requirement in eminent domain, and summarized the eminent domain standard as requiring “the primary and paramount beneficiary of its exercise” be “the public.” Id.

12024–2024
Smith v. Cortez green
pa · 2006
1 sentence

2010In *409 Smith v. Cortes, 879 A.2d 882 (Pa.Cmwlth.2005), aff 'd, 587 Pa. 506 , 901 A.2d 980 (2006), the petitioner, a notary public, commenced an action in our original jurisdiction, seeking to compel the Secretary of the Commonwealth to reimburse her for the expenses incurred in satisfying the education requirement under Section 5(c) of the Notary Public Law. 19 The petitioner claimed that the expense constituted an unlawful taking for a public purpose in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the Pennsylvania Constitution.

12010–2010
Selwyn v. Ward green
ri · 2005
2 sentences

2010In *409 Smith v. Cortes, 879 A.2d 882 (Pa.Cmwlth.2005), aff 'd, 587 Pa. 506 , 901 A.2d 980 (2006), the petitioner, a notary public, commenced an action in our original jurisdiction, seeking to compel the Secretary of the Commonwealth to reimburse her for the expenses incurred in satisfying the education requirement under Section 5(c) of the Notary Public Law. 19 The petitioner claimed that the expense constituted an unlawful taking for a public purpose in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the Pennsylvania Constitution.

2010Smith, 879 A.2d at 384 .

12010–2010
Fisher v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole green
pa · 2006
1 sentence

2010In *409 Smith v. Cortes, 879 A.2d 882 (Pa.Cmwlth.2005), aff 'd, 587 Pa. 506 , 901 A.2d 980 (2006), the petitioner, a notary public, commenced an action in our original jurisdiction, seeking to compel the Secretary of the Commonwealth to reimburse her for the expenses incurred in satisfying the education requirement under Section 5(c) of the Notary Public Law. 19 The petitioner claimed that the expense constituted an unlawful taking for a public purpose in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and the Pennsylvania Constitution.

12010–2010

Where else courts name it

WI 27 (1967–2018) NC 19 (1962–2025) CA 16 (1937–2025) TX 15 (1945–2022) OK 8 (1938–2024) IL 8 (1980–2014) FL 7 (1975–2008) CO 7 (1986–2010) PA 7 (2010–2024) AR 6 (1988–2008) KS 6 (1993–2003) NJ 5 (1959–2008) NE 5 (1981–1997) MI 4 (1966–2011) AZ 4 (1988–2020) LA 4 (1986–2007) IN 4 (1980–2020) MN 3 (1978–2009) ME 3 (1983–2020) IA 3 (1970–2014) AK 3 (1996–2007) HI 3 (2004–2008) ND 3 (1978–2017) MO 3 (1979–2013) OH 2 (2022–2022) SC 2 (1972–1985) NY 2 (2007–2018) WA 2 (1981–1981)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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