Legal Opinion

Flynn-Scarcella v. Pocono Mountain School District

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 31, 2000PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JIULIANTE, Senior Judge.

The Pocono Mountain School District (School District) appeals from the June 8, 1999 order of the Court of Common Pleas of Monroe County (trial court) that granted an injunction on behalf of Kathleen Flynn-Scarcella (Searcella) 1 prohibiting the School District from excluding her son, Tyler Flynn-Corbin (Tyler), from participating in the School District’s June 11, 1999 graduation ceremony. For the reasons that follow, we reverse.

During the 1998-1999 school year, Tyler was a senior at Pocono Mountain Senior High School (High School). On Friday, May 21, 1999, the School…

2Cases cited7 opinions

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  2. Hamilton v. Unionville-Chadds Ford School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Sierra Club v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  4. Mifflin County School District v. StewartCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  5. Commonwealth v. HallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1983

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