BASEHORE v. HAMPDEN IND. DEV. AUTH.


433 Pa. 40 (1968)

Basehore v. Hampden Industrial Development Authority. Walker, Appellant, v. Butler County Industrial Development Authority.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reargued June 27, 1968.

November 22, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard C. Snelbaker, for plaintiff (Basehore).

Paul H. Rhoads, with him Walter K. Swartzkopf, Jr., and Rhoads, Sinon and Reader, for defendant, Ralston Purina Company.

Tom H. Bietsch, for defendant, Hampden Industrial Development Authority.

William C. Sennett, Attorney General, and Vincent X. Yakowicz, Deputy Attorney General, with them Edward Friedman, Counsel General, for Commonwealth, intervenor.

Edward G. Bauer, Jr., City Solicitor, with him James L.J. Pie, Deputy City Solicitor, and Matthew W. Bullock, Jr., Second Deputy City Solicitor, for City of Philadelphia, intervenor.

Walter Stein, with him Frederick D. Wood, for Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development, intervenor.

Silvio P. Cerchie, with him Saul J. Bernstein, for plaintiff, Walker, appellant.

Paul G. Perry, with him David E. Johnson, and Burgwin, Ruffin, Perry, Pohl & Springer, for defendant, Armco Steel Corporation, appellee.

Norman D. Jaffee, for Butler Authority, appellee.

Charles T. Chew, for Board of County Commissioners of Butler County, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE JONES, November 22, 1968:

Both these cases originated as equity actions to enjoin the respective defendants (municipal authorities, certain officials and private concerns) from taking any action pursuant to acquisition agreements ("Agreements") entered into by the respective defendants pursuant to the Industrial Development Authority Law (Act of August 23, 1967, P.L. 1609, 73 P.S. § 371) ("Act"), and the Amendment to the County Code (Act...

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