· 11/15/1991
City of Lancaster v. County of Lancaster
Citations
- 599 A.2d 289
- 143 Pa. Commw. 476
- 1991 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 618
How courts have described this case
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- holding that a county that uses base year market values for most of the county may not, consistent with the Uniformity Clause, utilize a formula based upon current market value as to a selected group of taxing districts only
- holding that a county that uses base year market values for most of the county may not, consistent with the Uniformity Clause, utilize a formula based upon current market value as to a selected group of taxing districts only
- applying Second Class A and Third Class County Assessment Law and GCAL
- applying Second Class A and Third Class County Assessment Law and GCAL
- ordering a county wide reassessment in response to a complaint by taxing districts
- de facto countywide reassessment found where ten taxing districts out of sixty were singled out for reassessment at present values, and the last county-wide reassessment was over twenty years earlier
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Judges: Craig, Colins, McGinley, Smith, Kelley, Pellegrini
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