SEDA-COG JOINT RAIL v. CARLOAD EXPRESS

No. 12 MAP 2019.

238 A.3d 1225 (2020)

SEDA-COG JOINT RAIL AUTHORITY, Appellant, v. CARLOAD EXPRESS, INC., Susquehanna Union Railroad Company, and Northern Plains Railroad, Inc., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: October 1, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Caleb Bee, Esq. , Thomas Scott Schrack, Esq. , McQuaide Blasko , Michael George Crotty, Esq. , Robert M. Tucker Jr., Esq. , Siana, Bellwoar & McAndrew, L.L.P., for Appellant.

Erik Malchow Bergenthal, Esq. , Robert H. C. Ralston, Esq. , Samuel Herman Simon, Esq., Houston Harbaugh, P.C., Joshua D. Bonn, Esq. , Benjamin Charles Dunlap Jr., Esq. , Craig James Staudenmaier, Esq. , Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, LLP, Randy Paul Brungard, Esq. , Rosamilia & Brungard,, Stephen Bridy, for Appellees.

Larry E. Coploff, Esq. Coploff, Ryan, Welch & Houser, Steven Alan Hann, Esq. , Hamburg, Rubin, Mullin, Maxwell & Lupin, PC, for Amicus Curiae.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.


OPINION

This case involves the interpretation of the majority vote standard set forth in Section 5610(e) of the Pennsylvania Municipality Authorities Act, 53 Pa.C.S. §§ 5601-5623 ("MAA"), and the interplay between the MAA and the common law rule that only a majority of members present...

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