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Commonwealth Court addresses Right to Know Law exceptions

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 15 2011

In Kaplin v. Lower Merion Township, 19 A.3d 1209 (Pa.Cmwlth. 2011), decided May 5, 2011, the Commonwealth Court addressed the Right to Know Law (RTKL) and exceptions under that law, specifically under 65 P.S. 67.708(b)(10)(i) (708 (b)(10)(i)), and how that exception interacts with provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC

Township’s denial of sewage repair permit not abuse of discretion where inconsistent with property land development plans

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 8 2011

The Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court recently held in In Re Rainmaker Capital of Chestnut Hill, LLC (June 15, 2011) that a township’s denial of a developer’s sewage repair permit was not an abuse of discretion where (1) the permit violated a prior agreement between the developer and the township and (2) the permit was inconsistent with the developer’s land development plans for the property

Case summary: Kaplin v. Lower Merion Township

  • Fox Rothschild LLP
  • -
  • USA
  • -
  • August 8 2011

In Kaplin v. Lower Merion Township, 19 A.2d 1209 (Pa.Cmwlth. 2011), decided May 5, 2011, the Commonwealth Court addressed the Right to Know Law (RTKL) and exceptions under that law, specifically under 65 P.S. 67.708(b)(10)(i) (708 (b)(10)(i)), and how that exception interacts with provisions of the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code (MPC