Reading Area Water Authority v. Schuylkill River Greenway Ass'n

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Reading Area Water Authority v. Schuylkill River Greenway Ass'n

74 A.3d 119

DecidedAugust 28, 2013

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Reading Area Water Authority v. Schuylkill River Greenway Ass'n, 74 A.3d 119 (Pa. 2013).

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 28th day of August, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:

a. Whether Commonwealth Court erred in its determination that a municipal water authority has the power, to condemn a permanent easement of dimensions sufficient to enable a private developer to install and permanently maintain privately owned and operated wastewater facilities and privately owned and operated storm water management facilities in a portion of the easement separate and apart and for a distinct purpose from the publicly owned water facilities?

b. Whether Commonwealth Court erred in its determinations that “fa-cilitatfing] the construction of ... storm water management facilities” to enable development of private land and “providing ... storm water management” constitute public purposes to justify taking of private land?

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 28th day of August, 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:

a. Whether Commonwealth Court erred in its determination that a municipal water authority has the power, to condemn a permanent easement of dimensions sufficient to enable a private developer to install and permanently maintain privately owned and operated wastewater facilities and privately owned and operated storm water management facilities in a portion of the easement separate and apart and for a distinct purpose from the publicly owned water facilities?

b. Whether Commonwealth Court erred in its determinations that “fa-cilitatfing] the construction of ... storm water management facilities” to enable development of private land and “providing ... storm water management” constitute public purposes to justify taking of private land?

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74 A.3d 119, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/reading-area-water-authority-v-schuylkill-river-greenway-assn-pa-2013.