Legal Opinion
Rankin v. School District
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 19, 1977No. Appeal, No. 1320 C.D. 1976PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,
In Hayes v. School District of Pittsburgh, 33 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 71, 381 A.2d 193 (1977), we considered a petition to intervene by parents of public school children in a class action brought by other school children against the appellants. We are now asked to deal with the merits of the principal suit and the propriety of the issuance of an injunction in that case.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Homewood-Brushton is a section of the city of Pittsburgh located in the northeast portion of the city, the residents of which are almost entirely black. The School District of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Dayton Board of Education v. BrinkmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Uniontown Area School District v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Zebra v. Pittsburgh School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Fiumara v. FiumaraSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Mechensky v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School District of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- School District v. RankinCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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