Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Beaver Falls City Council
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 24, 1976No. 173PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
To ameliorate the drain on the resources of its local police department caused by the growing demand for parking meter patrols, the City Council of Beaver Falls enacted an ordinance authorizing the employment of “two (2) women to assist the police department in the patrolling of parking meters and parking stalls.”1 Marie A. Morrell and Lauretta C. McConahy were hired by the City as “meter maids” to fill the two positions created by the ordinance. After the two women had been employed for periods of three years and five and one half years respectively, they…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bowe v. Colgate-Palmolive Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Sail'er Inn, Inc. v. KirbyCalifornia Supreme Court · 1971
- Hartshorn v. County of AlleghenySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- VENNERI v. COUNTY OF ALLEGHENYCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Hartshorn v. Allegheny CountyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Vittorio Mineo, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Port Authority of New York and New JerseyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- Fraternal Order of Police v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- City of Philadelphia v. KluskaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
- Com. of Pa. v. PLRBCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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