Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School District of Philadelphia
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 4, 1994PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Judge.
Before the Court is the latest chapter in litigation between the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) and the Philadelphia School District spanning almost twenty-three years during which the Commission has sought to compel the School District to comply with orders of the Commission and this Court to desegregate Philadelphia’s public schools.
I
Background
The Commission issued its initial adjudication on June 7, 1971 pursuant to Sections 1-13 of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, Act of October 27, 1955, P.L. 744, as amended, 43 P.S. §§ 951-963, in which the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Green v. County School Board of New Kent CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Wygant v. Jackson Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by12 opinions
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