IN RE PRIVATE ROAD FOR BENEFIT OF O'REILLY

No. 10 WAP 2009

5 A.3d 246 (2010)

In the Matter of OPENING a PRIVATE ROAD FOR the BENEFIT OF Timothy P. O'REILLY Over Lands of (A) Hickory on the Green Homeowners Association, and (B) Mary Lou Sorbara; Gregory E. Burgunder; Ann E. Cain; Don E. Cottrill & Norma J. Cottrill, H/W; Joseph K. Cupples; Bart V. Delcimmuto; James D. Dragoo & Linda J. Dragoo, H/W; Kimberly M. Fonzi; Brian J. Gallagher & Diane J. Gallagher, H/W; Dolores M. Gembarosky; Michael J. Gralish, Jr. & Virginia A. Gralish, H/W; James Battista; Jeffery W. Hutchens; Michael Steinberg; George E. Wilmot & Linda M. Wilmot, H/W; Harry J. Lee, Jr.; John G. Byrne; S. Greg Malone; Joseph V. Mazur & Kelly L. Poole; Thomas C. Schaal & Patty G. Schaal, H/W; Regis G. Niederberger & Kathleen C. Niederberger, H/W; Gordon J. Orr; Anne M. Paul; Thomas G. Porter & Melinda D. Porter, H/W; Joseph Alan Shrager; Eric H. Rittenhouse & Danielle L. Rittenhouse, H/W; Lisa A. Cusick; Jerome Schmier & Carol Falo, H/W; Nancy J. Huff; Marcus A. Spatafore & Kristin C. Spatafore, H/W; William E. Sprecher & Marcellene Sprecher, H/W, and Frank J. Sprecher & Agnes E. Sprecher, H/W, Life Estate; Roxanne M. Squillante; Susan C. Stanko; Shanan R. Stewart; Gerald W. Danhires & Linda Danhires, H/W; Gregory Taylor; Gianna M. Yeckley; Dennis M. Zamerski & Noreen Zamerski, H/W; Betty B. Williams & Leon I. Williams (Co-Trustees); Micheline Stabile; William F. Pitzer; Janet Zewe; Franki R. Colangelo; Karen R. Billingham; Roman M. Hlutkowski; Virginia L. Knaus, Trustee Under Qualified Personal Residence Trust Agreement, Dated July 27, 2000; Joan L. Massella; Donna Durkan; Geraldine R. Altenhof; Aprajita Rathore & Ravi Ramamoorthy, H/W; James E. Spence & Kathy F. Spence, H/W; Tracy West Malone; Jennifer A. Callery; The Judith F. Koblitz Trust; Adrianna F. Viola; Dorothy D. Wagner; Spitzig Living Trust and William A. Spitzig and Marilyn J. Spitzig (Trustees); Sandra Jean Hanson; Thomas C. Skena; Zaraf Moshin; Paul W. Amic & Carole L. Amic, H/W; Margaret M. Showalter; James P. Flannery & Patricia C. Flannery, H/W; Deborah A. Gertz; Carol L. Schartner; John A. Udischas & Susan C. Udischas, H/W; Donna M. Bartko; Kyli J. Martin; Frederick Rapone Sr. & Roberta Rapone, H/W; Amy R. Solomon; Richard M. Buck & Barbara L. Buck, H/W; Arlene Lipton; William G. Eiler; Catherine M. Smith; David J. Carroll; Mildred K. Fincke; Margaret M. Cornellius; Joseph A. Testa & Margaret J. Testa, H/W; Candace L. Salvini; A. Whitney Lobdell & Roberta S. Lobdell, H/W; Ronald G. Bauer & Teresa L. Bauer, H/W; Anna Marie Cimarolli; Jor R. Palmer & Ann D. Palmer, H/W; Rita V. Frizlen; Joseph J. Astorino & Marilyn J. Astorino, H/W; Thomas S. Phillips; John A. Gercher; Naomi H. Patton; Stanley A. Hack & Christine E. Hack, H/W; Melissa J. Schiller & Melanie M. Schiller; John Schlater & Paulette Schlater H/W; William J. Garrity, Sr. & Patricia Ann Garrity, H/W; Archie L. McIntyre; Clarence Joseph Welter & Mara Welter, H/W; Lisbeth A. Dineen; Charles W. Fetrow & Margaret A. Fetrow, H/W; Jocelyn Breakwell, Mark A. Petrozza & Dorothy M. Petrozza, H/W; Jamie A. Brace, as their interests may appear. Appeal of Hickory on the Green Homeowners Association, et al.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted August 16, 2010.

Decided September 30, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kevin P. Allen, Esq. , Thorp Reed & Armstrong, L.L.P., for Hickory on the Green Homeowner's Association, et al.

Howard Jonathan Bashman, Esq. , for amicus curiae, Institute for Justice.

Karen R. Billingham , pro se.

Franki R. Colangelo , pro se.

Brian J. Gallagher , pro se.

Diane J. Gallagher , pro se.

Nancy J. Huff , pro se.

Jarrett L. Lasker , pro se.

Marilyn Marcovitz , pro se.

Richard Marcovitz , pro se.

Dwight David Ferguson, Esq. , William P. Bresnahan II, Esq. , John Francis Dwyer, Esq. , William P. Bresnahan, Esq. , Hollinshead, Mendelson, Bresnahan & Nixon, P.C., Pittsburgh, for O'Reilly, Timothy P.

Gordon J. Orr , pro se.

Kimberly Roston , pro se.

Candace Salvini , pro se.

Susan C. Stanko , pro se.

Gregory Taylor , pro se.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

In this appeal, we review the Commonwealth Court's determination that the Pennsylvania Private Road Act does not effect an unconstitutional taking of private property.

Under the law commonly known as the Private Road Act,1 the owner of a landlocked property is permitted to petition the court of common pleas for the appointment of a board of viewers to evaluate the necessity of a private...

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