# Rufo v. Board of License & Inspection Review

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · July 6, 2017 · 169 A.3d 1035

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4982920

## Case

- **Full name:** Anthony M. RUFO and TR Getz, LP v. BOARD OF LICENSE AND INSPECTION REVIEW and City of Philadelphia. Petition of: the City of Philadelphia
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** July 6, 2017
- **Citations:** 169 A.3d 1035
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 6th day of July, 2017, the Petition for Alowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:
a. Did the Commonwealth Court rewrite decades of caselaw in expressly placing the burden on the municipality to produce evidence of the rational basis for a land use Ordinance, rather than placing the burden of proof where it belongs, on the party challenging the Ordinance?
b. Did the Commonwealth Court, in invalidating an anti-blight, property maintenance Ordinance on the ground that aesthetics cannot form the basis for land use legislation, improperly undermine the ability of municipal government to combat urban *1036 blight and improperly substitute its own views for those of the legislature as to the efficacy of municipal legislation?

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