Legal Opinion
Freeport Area School District v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 8, 1975No. Appeal, No. 152 C.D. 1974PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
President Judge Bowman,
The Freeport Area School District, located in Allegheny County, has appealed from an order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission upholding a challenge to the district’s maternity leave policy. The Commission, after hearing, concluded that the policy in question offended section 5(a) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act1 which declares it unlawful for an employer to discriminate by reason of sex “with respect to compensation, hire, tenure, terms, conditions or privileges of employment . . .,” ordered the district to make payments to four employes…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleurSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Warner Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1959
- Priscilla B. GREEN, Appellant, v. WATERFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION Et Al., AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Cerra v. East Stroudsburg Area School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Wetzel v. Liberty Mutual Insurance CompanyDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Lilian v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. Thorp, Reed & ArmstrongCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Anderson v. Upper Bucks County Area Vocational Technical SchoolCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Property Owners v. Pleasant Valley School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- McGlawn v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
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