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· 10/15/1987

In Re Leopardi

Citations

  • 532 A.2d 311
  • 516 Pa. 115
  • 1987 Pa. LEXIS 787

How courts have described this case

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  • concluding that actions taken outside of a zoning board’s statutory authorization are ultra vires
  • noting that “[t]he power to issue enforcement or remedial orders is not expressly conferred upon zoning hearing boards [under the MPC], and neither remedial nor enforcement powers are implied in the powers that are delegated”
  • interpreting 42 Pa.C.S. § 706, relating to the disposition of appeals, and its effect on appeals brought under the Administrative Agency Law
  • interpreting 42 Pa.C.S. § 706, relating to the disposition of appeals, and its effect on appeals brought under the Administrative Agency Law
  • interpreting 42 Pa.C.S. § 706, relating to the disposition of appeals, and its effect on appeals brought under the Administrative Agency Law
  • “The power of the appellate court to modify a judgment is limited by the jurisdictional powers of the tribunal below. It can give no judgment on appeal which the lower court was incompetent to render.”

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Judges: Flaherty, Larsen, McDermott, Nix, Papadakos

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