King v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (Civil Rights Act of 1871 / Section 1983 (Ku Klux Klan Act))
Relies on Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Co. v. Indiana County Board of Assessment · Vance v. Kassab · Radnor Township School District v. Betty
Most-quoted passages
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“[t]hese payments are required under the provisions of The Administrative Code of 1929, Act of April 9, 1929, P.L. 177, as amended, 71 P.S. (512(c) and (d) (Act), which require that lessors (sic) of real property acquired by the Commonwealth for state highways make payments to the political subdivisions- in which that property is situated equal to the taxes which would normally be assessed against that property were it not owned by the Commonwealth.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“it is the Act and not The General County Assessment Law that requires payments in lieu of taxes and confers upon the Secretary the power to enforce its provisions.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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