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MEMORANDUM OPINION SUPPORTING BENCH ORDER AND WRITTEN ORDER ENTERED ON SEPTEMBER 27,2012 RICHARD E. FEHLING, Bankruptcy Judge. I. INTRODUCTION This Memorandum Opinion is written pursuant to Local Bankruptcy Rule 8001-1(b), which permits me to file a written opinion in support of an order that is the subject of an appeal. Local Rule 8001-1(b) provides that I may file s

City Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 5 - Granted in Part Pension Board Defendants' Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 6 - Granted in Part Pension Board Defendants' Supplemental Motion to Dismiss, ECF No. 28 - Granted City Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment, ECF No. 50 - Granted in Part Bonilla's Motion for Partial Summary Judgment, ECF No. 51 - Denied City Defendants' Motions in Limine, ECF Nos. 53-54 - Dismissed as Moot

880 A.2d 737 (2005) Gerry HARTMAN, John Lapinski, Robert Roycroft and Debbie Roycroft v. CITY OF ALLENTOWN and City of Harrisburg, Appeal of City of Allentown. Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Argued April 7, 2005. Decided August 11, 2005. *739 Thomas B. Schmidt, III, Harrisburg, for appellant, City of Allentown. Randal

OPINION BY JUDGE FIZZANO CANNON Siya Real Estate LLC (Landowner) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court), dated June 21, 2018 and filed June 22, 2018, which affirmed the decision of the Allentown City Zoning Hearing Board (Board) denying Landowner's application for a special exception. Landowner owns property located at

BRENNER, Chancellor in Equity, On or about November 9, 2001, plaintiffs, Solid Waste Services Inc. d/b/a J. P. Mascaro & Sons, M. B. Investments and Francine Ambrosino commenced this equity action by filing a complaint1 and request for permanent injunctive relief to have the defendant, the City of Allentown, enjoined from entering into and/or carrying out a contract with defendant Waste

984 F.Supp. 308 (1997) Richard J. ANGELICO, M.D., v. LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC., St. Luke's Hospital of Bethlehem Easton Hospital, Panebianco-YIP Heart Surgeons, Bethlehem Cardiothoracic Surgical Assoc., P.C. No. CIV. A. 96-CV-2861. United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. October 28, 1997. *309 John M. Elliott, Henry F

361 B.R. 422 (2007) In re ALLENTOWN AMBASSADORS, INC., Debtor. Allentown Ambassadors, Inc., Plaintiff, v. Northeast American Baseball, LLC, et al., Defendants. Bankruptcy No. 04-22368ELF, Adversary No. 04-2390. United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. February 5, 2007. *423 *424

540 Pa. 398 (1995) 658 A.2d 336 Gary CENTOLANZA, Glenn Centolanza, Gail Danner, Jr. and Jennie Centolanza trading as Ccubed and Allentown Diagnostic and Repair Center, Inc. v. LEHIGH VALLEY DAIRIES, INC. Beatrice Cheese, Inc. and Atlantic Processing, Inc., trading as Lehigh Farms. Appeal of LEHIGH VALLEY DAIRIES, INC. and Atlantic Processing, Inc. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

368 F.Supp.2d 370 (2003) Mary Beth OCASIO, Plaintiff, v. LEHIGH VALLEY FAMILY HEALTH CENTER, Defendant. No. 2:00-CV-03555-RB. United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania. January 30, 2003. *371 Theodore Q. Thompson, Ambler, PA, for Plaintiff. A. James Johnston, Jonathan B. Sprague, Yvonne R. Haddad, Philadelphia, PA, G

184 F.3d 268 (3rd Cir. 1999) RICHARD J. ANGELICO, M.D., Appellantv.LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL, INC.; SAINT LUKE'S HOSPITAL OF BETHLEHEM PENNSYLVANIA; EASTON HOSPITAL; PANEBIANCO-YIP HEART SURGEONS; BETHLEHEM CARDIOTHORACIC SURGICAL ASSOCIATES, P.C.; BRIAN M. PETERS, ESQ.; POST & SCHELL, P.C. No. 97-1927 UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT Caption ame

VARRICCHIO, J., In May of 2011, Rose Valley Partnership, Inc. (“Rose”) was the owner and lessor of a building located in Lehigh County at 2298 Avenue A, Allentown, Pennsylvania. ARC of Lehigh & Northampton Counties a/k/a ARC of Lehigh & Northampton Counties (“ARC”) was an entity registered to do business in Pennsylvania at that location. Rusty Smith Excavating & Paving, Inc. (“Rusty”) was an excavating and

OPINION AND ORDER VAN ANTWERPEN, District Judge. INTRODUCTION This is a declaratory judgment action seeking a declaration of the rights of the plaintiff, Michael Danielle Walters, under a pension plan established by the defendant, City of Allentown. We have before us a Motion for Summary Judgment filed by both defendants on March 10, 1993 and a Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment fi

REIBMAN, J., Before the court is the Salisbury House of Northeast Pennsylvania Inc., appellant’s, appeal from the City of Allentown Zoning Hearing Board’s November 11, 1998 decision wherein the board denied appellant’s request to operate a “personal care boarding home.” The within appeal concerns a three-story structure located at 513-519 Lehigh Street Allentown, Lehigh County. The property is commonly referre

922 A.2d 1010 (2007) Ruth AROCHO, As Administratrix of the Estate of Enrique Rene Veras and Wadays Veras and Ruth Arocho as Parent and Guardian of Crystal Veras and Yashera Veras, Appellants v. COUNTY OF LEHIGH and Dale Meisel. Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania. Argued December 13, 2006. Decided May 3, 2007. *1011 David L. Derat

382 Pa. Superior Ct. 75 (1989) 554 A.2d 954 William R. STENGER, Donna A. Stenger, Craig Stenger and Barry Stenger, Minors by Their Parents and Natural Guardians William and Donna Stenger v. LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL CENTER, Samuel Huston, Theodore J. Matulewicz, M.D., Barry J. Slaven, M.D., Hospital Central Services, Inc., H.C.S.C. Blood Center T/A Samuel W. Miller Memorial Blood Center, Lyndall Molthan, M.D., and Joseph Yelo

NARICK, Senior Judge. Kathleen Mosser (Mosser) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County that affirmed in part and reversed in part the decision of the Zoning Hearing Board of the City of Allentown (ZHB), and denied Mosser’s application to use the subject property as a playground. We affirm. Mosser entered into an agreement1 to purchase a certain undeve

Concurring Opinion by Hoffman, J.: TMs appeal involves a claim against the School District of the City of Allentown for property damages to appellant’s Andio Visual Library and Instructional Materials Center. The damage came as a result of a fire allegedly caused by the negligence of one of the School District’s employees. Appellee claims immunity by reason of the fact that it is a muMcipa

FORD, J., Appellants, Whitehall Manor, Inc. (Whitehall), and Linden 515 LP (Linden), filed a notice of appeal to this court from a decision of the City of Allentown Planning Commission (Commission). The decision was announced at a meeting of the Commission on March 13,2012, and it was explained in an approval letter dated March 14, 2012. In the decision, the Commission approved apian for commercial development in downtow

FRIEDMAN, Judge. Eleanor C. Bell (Bell) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County (trial court) denying Bell’s motion to preliminarily enjoin the Lehigh County Board of Elections (Board) from placing a voter initiative relating to the City of Allentown’s (City) Landlord Licensing Law (Ordinance) on the May 1999 election ballot. We affirm. On November 25, 1998, five City voters

862 A.2d 159 (2004) LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON AIRPORT AUTHORITY, Lehigh Valley International Airport, Appellant v. Charlton T. FULLER, a/i/a C. Thomas Fuller and Willow Brook Land Development, Corp., LLC. In re Condemnation of Properties at Northampton County and Lehigh County. Lehigh-Northampton Airport Authority, Lehigh Valley International Airport v. Charlton T. Fuller, a/i/a C. Thomas Fuller and Willow Brook Land Development, Corp.,