Legal Opinion
Coleman v. Board of Education of School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 23, 1978No. 489PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
On July 1, 1974, appellant Mary F. Coleman filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia a complaint in mandamus against the Board of Education of the School District of Philadelphia [the School District], appellee. The complaint alleged that the School District had unlawfully discharged Coleman from its employ and asked that the School District be ordered to reinstate her as its employee and compensate her for wages lost as a result of her allegedly wrongful dismissal. The School District filed an answer in which it denied that Coleman had been…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Wiegand v. WiegandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- SMALICH v. WestfallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Dombrowski v. PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
- Unger v. Hampton TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Sweet v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Drexel v. Union Prescription Centers, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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