Firth v. Scherzberg

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• finding nighttime trucking operation constituted nuisance despite being permitted as a nonconforming use under ordinance
• “Neither the natural growth of a business, existing at the time of the enactment of a zoning ordinance, nor adoption thereafter of more modern instrumentalities, suitable and helpful in carrying on the business, works a change of use in legal contemplation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Hanna v. Board of Adjustment
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1962-07-31· cited 93×
• Frost v. Lucey
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1967-07-07· cited 55×
• Township of Chartiers v. William H. Martin, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 47×
• Gross v. Zoning Board of Adjustment
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-03-14· cited 42×
• Muehlman v. Keilman
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1971-09-01· cited 40×
• Liberty Place Retail Associates, L.P. v. Israelite School of Universal Practical Knowledge
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-14· cited 40×
• Eitnier v. EREITZ CORP.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-06-26· cited 37×
• Yocum Zoning Case
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1958-05-26· cited 35×
• Pittsburgh Outdoor Advertising Co. v. Clairton
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-06-28· cited 35×
• County Commissioners of Carroll County v. Zent
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 1991-04-04· cited 20×
• Davis Appeal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1951-05-21· cited 19×
• Williams Appeal
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1954-01-19· cited 18×
• Bedminster Township v. Vargo Dragway, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 18×
• E. C. Schneider, Inc. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1957-06-28· cited 10×
• Bernotas v. Zoning Hearing Board of Bethlehem
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-06-07· cited 9×
• Golen v. Union Corp.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-09-02· cited 7×
• Smith v. Alderson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-24· cited 6×
• Tiongco v. Southwestern Energy Production Co.
  M.D. Pennsylvania· 2016-10-14· cited 4×
• Buckingham Township v. Bary
  Bucks County Court of Common Pleas· 1960-03-11· cited 3×
• M. & M. Stone Co. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Lower Salford Township
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 1958-07-01· cited 2×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• HUMPHREYS v. Stuart Realty Corp.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-05-22· cited 77×
• Krocker v. Westmoreland Planing Mill Co.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1922-05-08· cited 26×
• Woodbridge v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1950-11-13· cited 21×