Legal Opinion

Human Relations Commission v. School District of Philadelphia

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 28, 2001PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

SMITH, Judge.

In May 1999 the Pennsylvania Supreme Court remanded the above-captioned school desegregation case to this Court to proceed with the enforcement of its 1994 Remedial Order.1 The Remedial Order required the School District of Philadelphia (School District) to undertake action to remedy the historical discrimination found to exist against Black and Hispanic children attending racially isolated public schools and to provide them with an equal educational opportunity. See Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School District of Philadelphia (HRC VII), 168 Pa.Cmwlth.542, 651 A.2d…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Chester School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School District of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
  4. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  5. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1994

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. HUMAN RELATIONS COM'N v. School Dist.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001

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