Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General by Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Appellant v. HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, Heidelberg Township Board of Supervisors, North Heidelberg Township, North Heidelberg Township Board of Supervisors, Borough of Robesonia, Robesonia Borough Council, Borough of Womelsdorf and Womelsdorf Borough Council, Appellees; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General by Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Appellant v. Lower Oxford Township, Lower Oxford Township Board of Supervisors, Appellees
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2009-11-10
Citations: 603 Pa. 397
Docket Number: No. 357 M.D. 2006, 136 MAP 2006; No. 359 Md. 2006, 137 MAP 2006
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General by Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Appellant v. HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, Heidelberg Township Board of Supervisors, North Heidelberg Township, North Heidelberg Township Board of Supervisors, Borough of Robesonia, Robesonia Borough Council, Borough of Womelsdorf and Womelsdorf Borough Council, Appellees Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General by Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Appellant v. Lower Oxford Township, Lower Oxford Township Board of Supervisors, Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 603
Pages: 397–398

Head Matter:
984 A.2d 477
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General by Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Appellant v. HEIDELBERG TOWNSHIP, Heidelberg Township Board of Supervisors, North Heidelberg Township, North Heidelberg Township Board of Supervisors, Borough of Robesonia, Robesonia Borough Council, Borough of Womelsdorf and Womelsdorf Borough Council, Appellees Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General by Thomas W. Corbett, Jr., Attorney General, Appellant v. Lower Oxford Township, Lower Oxford Township Board of Supervisors, Appellees.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Nov. 10, 2009.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 10th day of November, 2009, appellant's petition for reconsideration is GRANTED. This Court's November 21, 2007 order in the instant matters is VACATED. The orders of the Commonwealth Court which sustained the preliminary objections of Heidelberg Township, et al., and Lower Oxford Township, et al, and dismissed without prejudice the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Office of Attorney General's petitions for review, are hereby REVERSED. See Commonwealth, Office of the Attorney General v. Locust Twp., 600 Pa. 533, 968 A.2d 1263 (2009) (holding that Chapter Three of Agricultural Code, 3 Pa.C.S. § 311-318, authorizes Attorney General to bring pre-enforcement action to invalidate or enjoin enforcement of local ordinance, even if ordinance existed on Chapter Three's effective date).