LEHIGH VALLEY RAIL MGMT v. REV. APP. BD

No. 2531 C.D. 2015.

178 A.3d 950 (2018)

LEHIGH VALLEY RAIL MANAGEMENT LLC v. COUNTY OF NORTHAMPTON REVENUE APPEALS BOARD and County of Northampton. Appeal of: County of Northampton.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 6, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David M. Backenstoe , Hellertown, for appellant.

Joseph A. Fitzpatrick, Jr. , Center Valley, for appellee Lehigh Valley Rail Management LLC.

BEFORE: HONORABLE MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, President Judge, HONORABLE P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge (P), HONORABLE ANNE E. COVEY, Judge


Northampton County appeals an order of the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) holding, on remand, that 85.01 acres of utility realty owned by Lehigh Valley Rail Management LLC (Railroad) were exempt from the tax on utility realty authorized by the Public Utility Realty Tax Act (PURTA).

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