IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF : No. 41 MAL 2016 WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIP, : : Respondent : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : v. : : : MAIN LINE GARDENS, INC. AND : COFFMAN ASSOCIATES, LLC, : : Petitioners : BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF : No. 42 MAL 2016 WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIP, : : Respondents : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : v. : : : MAIN LINE GARDENS, INC. AND : COFFMAN ASSOCIATES, LLC, : : Petitioners : BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF : No. 43 MAL 2016 WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIP, : : Respondent : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : v. : : : MAIN LINE GARDENS, INC. AND : COFFMAN ASSOCIATES, LLC, : : Petitioners : BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF : No. 44 MAL 2016 WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIP, REPONDENT : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from v. : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : : MAIN LINE GARDENS, INC. AND : COFFMAN ASSOCIATES, LLC, : : Petitioners : BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF : No. 45 MAL 2016 WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIP, : : Respondent : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : v. : : : MAIN LINE GARDENS, INC. AND : COFFMAN ASSOCIATES, LLC, : : Petitioners : BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF : No. 46 MAL 2016 WILLISTOWN TOWNSHIP, : : Respondent : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : v. : : : MAIN LINE GARDENS, INC. AND : COFFMAN ASSOCIATES, LLC, : : Petitioners :

ORDER

PER CURIAM [41 MAL 2016, 42 MAL 2016, 43 MAL 2016, 44 MAL 2016, 45 MAL 2016 and 46 MAL 2016] - 2 AND NOW, this 7th day of June, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue presented by petitioner and rephrased for clarity is as follows: under Rule 227.1 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure, where a trial court rules on post-trial motions and expresses reliance on previously filed briefs that fully argue the post-trial issues, may an appellate court nevertheless dismiss the appeal for failure to file an accompanying brief?

[41 MAL 2016, 42 MAL 2016, 43 MAL 2016, 44 MAL 2016, 45 MAL 2016 and 46 MAL 2016] - 3