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· 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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