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STUCKLEY v. ZONING HEARING BD. OF NEWTOWN

No. 17 MAP 2012

79 A.3d 510 (2013)

Carol STUCKLEY, Jane and John Johnson, Gene Epstein, Kris Riley, John Melsky, Ruth Ann Melsky-Moore, Otto Schneider, Gertrude Schneider, James Defalco, Pam Fitzpatrick, Taylor Baudeley, Leo Fitzpatrick, Rachel Baudeley, Frances Bielski, Nick Seibel, Edwin Bielski, and Theresa Parrilla v. ZONING HEARING BOARD OF NEWTOWN TOWNSHIP and Board of Supervisors of Upper Makefield Township v. Toll Brothers, Inc., Dolington Land, LLP, Toll PA XIII LP, Leo Holt, Intervenors Appeal of Toll Brothers, Inc, Dolington Land, LLP, and Toll PA XIII LP, Intervenors.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 30, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracy Paul Hunt, Esq. , Timby Hunt, L.L.C., Conshohocken, for Leo Holt.

Robert L. Byer, Esq. , Pittsburgh, Christina E. Norland Audigier, Esq. , Robert McCarthy Palumbos, Esq. , John Elliott Sindoni, Esq. , Andrew Ronald Sperl, Esq. , Philadelphia, Duane Morris, L.L.P, for Toll Brothers, Inc., Dolington Land, LLP, and Toll PA XIII LP.

Jeffrey P. Garton, Esq. , Begley, Carlin & Mandio, L.L.P., Langhorne, James J. Auchinleck, Jr., Esq. , Newtown, for Zoning Hearing Board of Newton Township.

John Bernard Rice, Esq. , Grim, Biehn & Thatcher, P.C., Perkasie, Matthew James McHugh, Esq. , for Board of Supervisors of Upper Makefield Township.

Darrell M. Zaslow, Esq. , Walder, Zaslow & Moss, P.C., Philadelphia, for Stuckley, et al., Carol.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

We granted allowance of appeal to determine whether the repeal of an ordinance moots any challenges to that ordinance, whether the Commonwealth Court may issue an opinion on the merits of certain issues where it subsequently remands the case for a determination of mootness on another issue, and whether parties to a hearing can continue a challenge to a zoning ordinance once the original challenger has withdrawn.

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