Legal Opinion

Beaver Cem. v. Pa. Human Rel. Comm.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 30, 1987No. Appeal, 1202 C.D. 1986PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Senior Judge Narick,

The Beaver Cemetery (Cemetery) has appealed from the decision and order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) which adopted the recommendation of the Hearing Examiner who found that the Cemetery had discriminated against Kathryn Berardi (Berardi) on the basis of her sex by demoting her from the position of manager and replacing her with a male, in violation of Section 5(a) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (Act), Act of October 27, 1955, P.L. 744, as amended, 43 P.S. §955.

We must decide three issues: whether the complaint should have…

2Cases cited16 opinions

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  4. Leedom v. ThomasSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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3Cited by16 opinions

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  5. Pittsburgh Board of Public Education v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989

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