Borough of Jefferson v. Century III Associates

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Borough of Jefferson v. Century III Associates, 444 A.2d 665 (Pa. 1982)
498 Pa. 57; 1982 Pa. LEXIS 459
O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson

Borough of Jefferson v. Century III Associates

Opinion

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this tenth day of May, 1982, the order of the Commonwealth Court, 430 A.2d 1040, dated June 18, 1981, *58 dismissing appellant’s petition for review as to the Department of Environmental Resources and the Department of Transportation (appellees) and transferring the proceedings, as to the remaining defendants, to the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, is hereby vacated and the matter is remanded to the Commonwealth Court with directions to grant appellant leave to amend its petition for review to assert such specific failures on the part of appellees to perform ministerial duties, if any such failures exist, as may be cognizable under the Dam Safety and Encroachments Act, 32 P.S. §§ 693.1—693.27, as amended and the State Highway Law, 36 P.S. §§ 670-101—670-1102, as amended, and thereafter, to consider whether or not such amended petition for review sets forth a cause of action in the nature of mandamus against appellees.

Reference

Full Case Name
BOROUGH OF JEFFERSON, Appellant, v. CENTURY III ASSOCIATES, U.S.S. Realty Development Division of United States Steel Corporation, a Corporation; The Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, a Corporation; Borough of West Mifflin, a Pennsylvania Municipal Corporation; Department of Environmental Resources and Department of Transportation of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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Status
Published