Legal Opinion
Merrell v. Chartiers Valley School District
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 18, 2004No. 84 WAP 2002PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Justice NEWMAN.
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania encourages and recognizes the service of her armed forces. In terms of repayment, veterans of the Revolutionary War received grants of land in new territories,1 and Pennsylvania passed the first Veterans’ *101Preference Act in 1887, Act of May 19, 1887, P.L. 75 (repealed), which provided that honorably discharged Civil War veterans receive preferential treatment “for employment in all public departments and works of the Commonwealth, provided such veterans possessed the other requisite qualifications.” Op.…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Housing Authority of Chester v. Pennsylvania State Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Adler v. Montefiore Hospital Ass'nSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- Callahan v. Pennsylvania State PoliceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Warren C. Carter v. City of Philadelphia Willie L. Williams Orville W. Jones Linda L. SeydaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Merrell v. Chartiers Valley School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Carter v. Ann Arbor City AttorneyMichigan Court of Appeals · 2006
- S. Schwartz v. Chester County Agricultural Land Preservation Board and Arborganic AcresCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- Merrell v. Chartiers Valley School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Montessori Regional Charter School v. Millcreek Township School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
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