Legal Opinion
Board of Public Education v. Intille
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 30, 1960No. Appeals, Nos. 331, 332 and 352PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Jones,
The three appellants (Angelina Intille, Thomas Deacon and Sadie T. Atkinson) were teachers in the public- schools of Philadelphia- until the Spring of 1954 when they were dismissed by the'Board of Public Education of the School District on a charge of “ineompetency’’, preferred by Dr. Louis P. Hoyer, Superintendent of the Philadelphia public schools. In each case, the dismissal was based solely on the teacher’s refusal to answer certain questions propounded by a Sub-comm it lee (also known as the Velde Committee) of the Un-American Activities Committee of the…
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- Slochower v. Board of Higher Ed. of New York CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1956
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- Adamson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Lowenstein v. Newark Board of EducationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
- Board of Public Education v. SolerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1961
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- Board of Public Education v. AugustSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1962
- Lowenstein v. Newark Board of EducationSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1961
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