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MAZUR v. TRINITY AREA SCHOOL DIST.

Nos. 1—6 WAP 2008.

961 A.2d 96 (2008)

Edward M. MAZUR; Jeffrey W. Bull; and an Unincorporated Association Citizens Against Tax Incremental Financing, Appellants v. TRINITY AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT; Trinity School Board; and Emily Minor; Jerry Chambers; Charles McCreary; Stephanie Komorowski; Kathy Penkowski; Dennis McWreath, Appellees. Edward M. Mazur; Jeffrey W. Bull; and an Unincorporated Association Citizens Against Tax Incremental Financing, Appellants v. Washington County; Washington County Board of Commissioners; Commissioner Bracken Burns and Commissioner Larry Maggi, Appellees. Edward M. Mazur; Jeffrey W. Bull; and an Unincorporated Association Citizens Against Tax Incremental Financing, Appellants v. South Strabane Township; South Strabane Township Board of Supervisors; Anthony Zelenka; Charles Kosey and Billy Bell, as Supervisors, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jody L. Rosenberg, Esq., Peter M. Suwak, Esq., Law Office of Peter M. Suwak, for Edward M. Mazur, Jeffrey Bull and Citizens Against TIF (1 WAP 2008).

Robert J. Grimm, Esq., Swartz Campbell, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for Washington County (1 WAP 2008).

Michael Louis Brungo, Esq., Maiello, Brungo & Maiello, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Trinity Area School District (1 WAP 2008).

Thomas Alec Lonich, Esq., McCloskey & Fritsch, P.C., Washington, PA, for South Strabane Township (1 WAP 2008).

Falco A. Muscante, Esq., Maiello, Brungo & Maiello, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Trinity School Board (1 WAP 2008).

Dusty Elias Kirk, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae Tanger Properties Limited Partnership (1 WAP 2008).

Jody L. Rosenberg, Esq., Peter M. Suwak, Esq., Law Office of Peter M. Suwak, for Edward M. Mazur, Jeffrey Bull and Citizens Against TIF (2 WAP 2008).

Michael Brungo, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Trinity School Board (2 WAP 2008).

Dusty Elias Kirk, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Tanger Properties Limited Partnership (2 WAP 2008).

Jody L. Rosenberg, Esq., Peter M. Suwak, Esq., Law Office of Peter M. Suwak, for Edward M. Mazur, Jeffrey Bull and Citizens Against TIF (3 WAP 2008).

Robert J. Grimm, Esq., Swartz Campbell, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for Washington County (3 WAP 2008).

Dusty Elias Kirk, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Tanger Properties Limited Partnership, (3 WAP 2008).

Jody L. Rosenberg, Esq., Peter M Suwak, Esq., Law Office of Peter M. Suwak, for Edward M. Mazur, Jeffrey Bull and Citizens Against TIF (4 WAP 2008).

Robert J. Grimm, Esq., Swartz Campbell, L.L.C., Pittsburgh, for Washington County (4 WAP 2008).

Dusty Elias Kirk, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Tanger Properties Limited Partnership (4 WAP 2008).

Jody L. Rosenberg, Esq., Peter M. Suwak, Esq., Law Office of Peter M. Suwak, for Edward M. Mazur, Jeffrey Bull and Citizens Against TIF (5 WAP 2008).

Thomas Alec Lonich, Esq., McCloskey & Fritsch, P.C., Washington, PA, for South Strabane Township (5 WAP 2008).

Dusty Elias Kirk, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for Tanger Properties Limited Partnership (5 WAP 2008).

Jody L. Rosenberg, Esq., Peter M. Suwak, Esq., Law Office of Peter M. Suwak, for Edward M. Mazur, Jeffrey Bull and Citizens Against TIF (6 WAP 2008).

Thomas Alec Lonich, Esq., McCloskey & Fritsch, P.C., Washington, PA, for South Strabane Township (6 WAP 2008).

Dusty Elias Kirk, Esq., Pepper Hamilton, L.L.P., Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae Tanger Properties Limited Partnerhsip (6 WAP 2008).

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and GREENSPAN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

The issue presented in the instant case is whether courts have subject matter jurisdiction over a challenge to a local authority's determination, pursuant to the Tax Increment Financing Act ("TIF Act"),1 that an area is "blighted." In addition, we are asked to determine whether the instant allegations of bad faith on the part of the local authority are sufficient to withstand preliminary objections...

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