Legal Opinion
SEPTA v. City of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 7, 2015No. 2445 C.D. 2009PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEAVITT.
The Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA) seeks a declaratory judgment that as a Commonwealth agency it is not subject to the City of Philadelphia’s anti-discrimination ordinance, but only to the provisions of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act.1 The defendants, the City and the Philadelphia Commission on Human Relations (Philadelphia Commission), demurred to the complaint, and the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) sustained their preliminary objections. This Court reversed. The Supreme Court vacated our order and…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Dean v. Com., Dept. of Transp.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Mazur v. Trinity Area School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
- Commonwealth v. Ogontz Area Neighbors Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- Frazier v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
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3Cited by4 opinions
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- Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. City of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017