Legal Opinion
Baker v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 3, 1985No. Nos. 140, 141, Appeal Docket 1983PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
HUTCHINSON, Justice.
The Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) and Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare (Department), as intervenor, appeal by allowance an order of Commonwealth Court requiring the Commission to hold a hearing, if requested by appellee, on the question of whether there is probable cause to credit appellee’s claim of employment discrimination against the Department. Without a hearing the Commission had reversed its determination that probable cause for enforcement existed and closed its case file after conciliation had failed. The…
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3Cited by17 opinions
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