UNITED ARTISTS' THEATER CIRCUIT, INC., Appellant,
v.
CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Philadelphia Historical Commission, Appellees.
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Reargued October 23, 1991.
Decided November 9, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard A. Sprague, J. Shane Creamer and Hugh J. Bracken, Sprague, Higgins & Creamer, Philadelphia, for appellant, United Artists Theater Circuit, Inc.
Maria L. Petrillo, Chief Asst. City Sol., Charles W. Bowser, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Thomas A. Leonard, Philadelphia, Katherine L. Niven, Brenda Barrett, Harrisburg, for amicus curiae, Pa. Historical and Museum Com'n.
Frank M. Thomas, Jr. and Mark P. Edwards, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae, Nat. Trust for Historic Preservation, et al.
Mary K. Conturo, Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae, City of Pittsburgh.
Keith Welks, Harrisburg, for amicus curiae, Comm., D.E.R.
Kenneth M. Jarin and Robert C. Drake, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae, Pa. League of Cities.
Gregory R. Neuhauser, Walter W. Cohen, Harrisburg, for amicus curiae, Attorney General of Pa.
Anthony Green, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae, Congressman Thomas M. Foglietta, et al.
Henry Ingram, Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae, Pa. Builders Assoc., et al.
Nancie G. Marzulla, Defenders of Property Rights, Washington, DC.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
FACTS
On July 10, 1991, this Court found that the Philadelphia Historic Preservation Ordinance "which authorize[d] the historic designation of private property . . . without the consent of the owner, [is] unfair, unjust and amount[s] to an unconstitutional taking without just compensation in violation of Article I, Section 10 of the Pennsylvania Constitution." United Artists...
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