IN RE PETITION FOR FORMATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 545 C.D. 2008.

962 A.2d 24 (2008)

In re PETITION FOR FORMATION OF INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Appeal of Riegelsville Tax & Education Coalition.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 19, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H.R. Casey, Doylestown, for appellant.

David F. Conn, New Britain, for appellee, Palisades School District.

Alan B. McFall, Bangor, for appellee, Easton Area School District.

M. Patricia Fullerton, Asst. Chief Counsel, for appellee, PA Department of Education.

BEFORE: LEADBETTER, President Judge, and FRIEDMAN, Judge (P), and SIMPSON, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge FRIEDMAN.

The Riegelsville Tax & Education Coalition (Coalition)1 appeals from the February 27, 2008, order of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County (trial court), which denied the Coalition's Petition for Formation of Independent School District (Petition) because the Secretary of Education (Secretary) determined that the Petition lacked merit from an educational standpoint. We vacate and remand.

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