Pennsylvania Liquor Control Bd. v. Casey, Nos. 13

CourtUnited States State Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Writing for the CourtBefore NIX; PER CURIAM
Citation516 Pa. 52,531 A.2d 1391
PartiesPENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD, Appellant, v. Governor Robert P. CASEY, Appellee. Edward A. CLOONAN, Appellant, v. The Honorable Robert P. CASEY, Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee. M.D. Appeal 1987 and 7 M.D. Appeal 1987.
Decision Date15 October 1987
Docket NumberNos. 13

Page 1391

531 A.2d 1391
516 Pa. 52
PENNSYLVANIA LIQUOR CONTROL BOARD, Appellant,
v.
Governor Robert P. CASEY, Appellee.
Edward A. CLOONAN, Appellant,
v.
The Honorable Robert P. CASEY, Governor of the Commonwealth
of Pennsylvania, Appellee.
Nos. 13 M.D. Appeal 1987 and 7 M.D. Appeal 1987.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued April 7, 1987.
Decided Oct. 15, 1987.

Robert W. Barton, John D. Killian, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Richard D. Spiegelman, Barry M. Hartman, Andrew Cline, Harrisburg, for appellee.

Stuart M. Niemtzow, Philadelphia, Jerome H. Gerber, Harrisburg, Gary P. Hunt, Richard B. Tucker, III, Jeffrey J. Downing, Pittsburgh, for intervenors.

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

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

Appeals dismissed as moot. See Act No. 1987-14.

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    • August 3, 1989
    ...v. Thornburgh, 103 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 1, 519 A.2d 1040 (1986), appeal dismissed sub nom. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Bd. v. Casey, 516 Pa. 52, 531 A.2d 1391 (1987). For instance, declaratory relief is appropriate only where there is an actual controversy. South Whitehall Township v. Depar......
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  • P.J.S. v. Pennsylvania State Ethics Com'n
    • United States
    • Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
    • January 8, 1996
    ...argues, citing Cloonan v. Thornburgh, 103 Pa.Cmwlth. 1, 519 A.2d 1040 (1986), appeal dismissed, sub. nom. Liquor Control Board v. Casey, 516 Pa. 52, 531 A.2d 1391 (1987), that declaratory relief is not available because a declaratory judgment petition may not be used to challenge settled la......
  • National Solid Wastes Management Ass'n v. Casey
    • United States
    • Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
    • November 25, 1991
    ...of the [disposal of solid waste]." Cloonan v. Thornburgh, 103 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 1, 16, 519 A.2d 1040, 1048 (1986), appeal dismissed, 516 Pa. 52, 531 A.2d 1391 (1987), quoting Commonwealth v. Wilsbach Distributors, Inc., 513 Pa. 215, 220, 519 A.2d 397, 400 (1986). Executive Order 1989-8 cl......
  • Ronald H. Clark, Inc. v. Township of Hamilton
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    • Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
    • August 3, 1989
    ...v. Thornburgh, 103 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 1, 519 A.2d 1040 (1986), appeal dismissed sub nom. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Bd. v. Casey, 516 Pa. 52, 531 A.2d 1391 (1987). For instance, declaratory relief is appropriate only where there is an actual controversy. South Whitehall Township v. Depar......

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