Legal Opinion
Blackburn v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 8, 1981No. Appeal, No. 2821 C.D. 1980PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Rogers,
This is the appeal of Beverly Blackburn from an order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) dismissing her amended complaint charging the appellee, Crescent Hills Coal Company, Incorporated with violating Section 5(a) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, Act of October 27, 1955, P.L. 744, as amended, 43 P.S. §955 (a) by refusing to hire her as a laborer in its coal mine because of her sex, female. Blackburn’s amended complaint also charged Crescent Hills with discrimination against other similarly situated females. In the same order in which it…
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