Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/6/1976

Payne v. Kassab

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361 A.2d 263
468 Pa. 226
6 Envtl. L. Rep. (Envtl. Law Inst.) 20796
1976 Pa. LEXIS 673

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holding that Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution requires agencies to prevent environmental harm where feasible and, if not feasible, to keep the harm to a minimum
holding that Article I, Section 27 of the Pennsylvania Constitution requires agencies to prevent environmental harm where feasible and, if not feasible, to keep the harm to a minimum
\No implementing legislation is needed to enunciate these broad purposes and establish these relationships; the amendment does so by its own ipse dixit. \
“It is equally well established ... that diversion of dedicated land from one public use to another may be approved in a proper case.”
college students, as taxpayers and members of the public, had standing to challenge city’s taking of city park to widen city streets
Article creates a public trust of public natural resources and Commonwealth is made the trustee, commanded to conserve and maintain them

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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Jones

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