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Wilson v. Philadelphia Housing Authority

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 19, 1988
517 Pa. 318 (Pa. 1988)

Opinion

Argued December 7, 1987.

Decided January 19, 1988.

Appeal No. 74 E.D. Appeal Docket 1987 from Order of Commonwealth Court entered August 8, 1986, 99 Pa.Cmmw. 508, 513 A.2d 586 (1986) at No. 91 T.D. 1984, Vacating Order of Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, Trial Division, Civil Section, entered January 23, 1984, at No. 5394 April Term 1982.

Thomas P. Grace, James M. Marsh, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Arnold H. Winicov, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


ORDER

Order of Commonwealth Court reversed. See LeFlar v. Gulf Creek Industrial Park, 511 Pa. 574, 515 A.2d 875 (1986).

LARSEN, J., dissents.


Summaries of

Wilson v. Philadelphia Housing Authority

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jan 19, 1988
517 Pa. 318 (Pa. 1988)
Case details for

Wilson v. Philadelphia Housing Authority

Case Details

Full title:Samuel A. WILSON, v. PHILADELPHIA HOUSING AUTHORITY, Appellant, and…

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Jan 19, 1988

Citations

517 Pa. 318 (Pa. 1988)
536 A.2d 337

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