Valley Forge Towers Aparts et al v. U Merion ASD - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT VALLEY FORGE TOWERS APARTMENTS N, LP; MORGAN PROPERTIES ABRAMS RUN OWNER LP; KBF ASSOCIATES, LP; GULPH MILLS VILLAGE APARTMENTS LP; AND THE LAFAYETTE AT VALLEY FORGE LP v. UPPER MERION AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT AND KEYSTONE REALTY ADVISORS, LLC PETITION OF: VALLEY FORGE TOWERS APARTMENTS N, LP; MORGAN PROPERTIES ABRAMS RUN OWNER LP; KBF ASSOCIATES, LP : No. 771 MAL 2015 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 26th day of April, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by Petitioners, is: [The School District] deliberately chose commercial properties, such as Petitioners’, for selective assessment appeals, but did not appeal assessments of any single-family-home properties, although the latter are significantly underassessed. The Uniformity Clause of the Pennsylvania Constitution prohibits disuniformity in taxation. Is a school district’s decision to appeal property assessment insulated from review because, inter alia, the school district has a statutory right to file appeals and can identify an economic reason for its appeals?

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