Legal Opinion
Christian School Ass'n v. Commonwealth, Department of Labor & Industry
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 23, 1980No. Appeals, Nos. 925 C.D. 1979, 926 C.D. 1979, 932 C.D. 1979, 939 C.D. 1979, and 940 C.D. 1979PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
These consolidated appeals are brought by five private religious schools from separate decisions of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry (Department) which determined that each school was subject to the provisions of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Pennsylvania Law)1 and that each school should therefore be assessed unemployment contributions pursuant to Section 304 of the Pennsylvania Law, 43 P.S. §784. The schools contend that they fall within the language of an exemption in the Pennsylvania Law for certain religious organizations.
The five schools in…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Wisconsin v. YoderSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Abington School Dist. v. SchemppSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Committee for Public Education & Religious Liberty v. NyquistSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by20 opinions
- St. Martin Evangelical Lutheran Church v. South DakotaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Salem College & Academy, Inc. v. Employment DivisionOregon Supreme Court · 1985
- Young Life v. Division of Employment & TraningSupreme Court of Colorado · 1982
- Community Lutheran School v. Iowa Department of Job ServiceSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
- Kendall v. Director of the Division of Employment SecurityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
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