Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Chester School District

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

The crux of this controversy concerns the authority of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission over charges of alleged de facto segregation in the school' system of the City of Chester.1 Akin to this central *159problem is whether the Commission’s findings of fact-are supported by substantial evidence.

In November 1964, after a series of public hearings conducted in the City of Chester, the Commission ordered the Chester School District “by and through the Chester School Board, its officers, agents, and employes,” to “take immediate steps to desegregate…