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BLANCHE ROAD CORP. v. BENSALEM TP.

Nos. 94-1344, 1362.

57 F.3d 253 (1995)

BLANCHE ROAD CORPORATION, a Pennsylvania Corporation, General Partner and Trading as Blanche Road Associates, I, a Pennsylvania Limited Partnership v. BENSALEM TOWNSHIP; David Gary Costello; Joseph Francano; John J. Maher, Jr.; Joseph Ryan; Patricia A. Zajac; James Nolan; Charles W. Seeberger; Thomas J. Walls; Carmen Raddi; Nandi Thakuria; Herbert T. Scheuren, Jr., Individually and d/b/a Environmental Engineering Kinetics International, Inc. d/b/a E.E.K.I., Inc. d/b/a Delaware Valley Consulting Engineers, Inc.; Lillian E. Steiner; Daniel D. Staerk; William Richard Oettinger; Emil F. Toften, Esquire; Jahn Roos Landis, Esquire, Blanche Road Corporation, Appellant in 94-1344, Bensalem Township, David Gary Costello (in his official capacity), Joseph Francano, John J. Maher, Jr. (in his official capacity), Joseph Ryan (in his official capacity), Patricia A. Zajac, James Nolan, Charles Seeberger, Thomas Walls, Carmen Raddi, Lillian E. Steiner, Daniel D. Staerk, William Richard Oettinger, Emil F. Toften, Esquire, and Jahn Roos Landis, Esquire, Appellants in 94-1362.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided May 26, 1995.

Sur Petition for Rehearing June 21, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Schlegel, Peter Hearn, Barbara W. Mather (argued), Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr., Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Jan Z. Krasnowiecki, Alan K. Cotler, Klett, Lieber, Rooney & Schorling, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for appellant/cross-appellee.

William Goldstein (argued), I. Leonard Hoffman, Groen, Laveson, Goldberg & Rubenstone, Bensalem, PA, for appellees/cross-appellants Costello, Maher, Jr. and Ryan.

Robert St. Leger Goggin (argued), L. Rostaing Tharaud, William L. Banton, Jr., Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, Philadelphia, PA, for appellees/cross-appellants Tp. of Bensalem, Francano, Ryan, Nolan, Seeberger, Walls, Raddi, Steiner, Staerk, Toften, Landis and Zajac.

Before: STAPLETON, ROTH and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.

Sur Petition for Rehearing In Banc June 21, 1995.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a § 1983 action brought by Blanche Road Associates (Blanche Road) and its general partner, Blanche Road Corporation, against Bensalem Township and several of its officials and employees. The appeal raises several issues, including whether the district court abused its discretion after the first trial by granting a new trial and...

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