Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1985No. 2 E.D. Appeal Dkt. 1984PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
McDermott, Justice.
Appellants have brought this appeal to challenge an order of the Commonwealth Court which affirmed a decision of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission.
In February of 1970, eleven female employees of Crown Cork and Seal, Inc. (Company) went to the offices of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission to complain that the Company, with the assistance and acquiescence of their union, the Sheet Metal Production Workers Union-Local 266 (Union), was discriminating against them and all other female production employees, on the basis of sex. At this time…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Logan v. Zimmerman Brush Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- SPIRES Et Ux. v. Hanover Fire Ins. Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1950
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Alto-Reste Park Cemetery Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. St. Joe Minerals Corp., Zinc Smelting DivisionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. ZamantakisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Vincent v. Fuller Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- Koken v. Reliance Group Holdings, Inc. (In Re Reliance Group Holdings, Inc.)United States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2002
- Commonwealth v. TilghmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- McNASBY v. CROWN CORK AND SEAL CO., INC.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- In Re LeopardiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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