DUFF ET AL. v. TWP. OF NORTHAMPTON ET AL.

No. 2915 C.D. 1986.

110 Pa.Commw. 277 (1987)

532 A.2d 500

William A. Duff and Dr. Richard W. Janssen and Richard B. Springer, individually and as members of the Langhorne Rod and Gun Club, Inc., Langhorne Rod and Gun Club, Inc., itself, and as a member club of the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc. and the Pennsylvania Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, Inc., Appellants v. Township of Northampton et al., Appellees.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued June 9, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Schiffman, Serratelli & Schiffman, with him, Robert C. Whitley, III, for appellants.

Jeremiah J. Cardamone, with him, Stephen J. Fireoved and Ann Thornburg Weiss, Timoney, Knox, Hasson & Weand, for appellees.

Before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR., Judge COLINS, and Senior Judge NARICK, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE NARICK, October 15, 1987:

This case involves the question of whether a state statute prohibiting hunting with firearms within 150 yards (450 feet) of any occupied dwelling precludes a municipal ordinance operating in the same area. The Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court) issued a final decision and order on September 12, 1986 dismissing Petitioners' exceptions to its decision and order of June 17, 1986 which concluded that the...

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