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WHITEHALL TWP. v. OSWALD

400 Pa. 65 (1960)

Whitehall Township v. Oswald, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 3, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. McGinley, with him W. Hamlin Neely, for appellants.

Thomas J. Calnan, Jr., with him Robert N. St. Mary, for township, appellee.

G. Thomas Miller, and Bailey, Pearson, Miller & Bolton, for amicus curiae.

W. Byron Sorrell, and White, Sorrell & Williamson, of the Washington, D.C., Bar, and G. Thomas Miller, for amicus curiae.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, June 3, 1960:

The Township of Whitehall, in Lehigh County, a township of the first class, enacted an ordinance, known as "The Trailer and Trailer Park Ordinance", which provides, inter alia, that "No person shall occupy any trailer coach for sleeping or living quarters outside a duly permitted trailer park" and further prescribes penal sanctions for violations.

Following enactment of the ordinance, Gerald Oswald and John...

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