COM. OFFICE OF ATTY. GEN. EX REL. CORBETT v. LOCUST TP.

Nos. 14 MAP 2007, 22 MAP 2007.

968 A.2d 1263 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, OFFICE OF ATTORNEY GENERAL BY Thomas CORBETT, Jr., Attorney General, Appellant v. LOCUST TOWNSHIP and Locust Township Board of Supervisors, Appellees. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General by Thomas Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Appellee v. Locust Township and Locust Township Board of Supervisors, Cross Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Knorr, III, PA Office of Atty. Gen., Michael Thomas Killion, Harrisburg, for the Com. of PA.

Anthony Randall Sherr, Mayers, Mennies & Sherr, L.L.P., Blue Bell, for Locust Tp. and Locust Tp. Bd. of Supervisors.

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


OPINION

Justice BAER.

In June of 2006, the Attorney General brought an action in the original jurisdiction of the Commonwealth Court against Locust Township and the Locust Township Board of Supervisors (Township) pursuant to Chapter three of the Agricultural Code (ACRE), 3 Pa.C.S. § 311-318, which, effective July 6, 2005 in accordance with Act 38 of 2005, addresses local regulation of normal agricultural operations. The Attorney General sought...

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