Legal Opinion

Rehabilitation Center & Workshop, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 31, 1979No. Appeal, No. 1008 C.D. 1978PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Rehabilitation Center and Workshop, Inc. (RCW) appeals the denial of its application for renewal of registration by the Commission on Charitable Organizations which determined that RCW was in violation of Section 3(f)(4) of the Solicitation of Charitable Funds Act (Act),1 10 P.S. §160-3(f)(4), by virtue of its excessive fund-raising costs.

We affirm.

RCW is a non-profit corporation formed for, among other things, the purpose of establishing a program that includes remunerative employment for the physically, mentally, visually and socially handicapped.2 It has…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Ernst v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Jackard Construction Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1979

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Commonwealth, Commission on Charitable Organizations v. Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN)Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Com., Com'n on Charitable Org. v. AcornSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  3. Houghton Enterprises, Inc. v. Com. of PA, DOSCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2023
  4. Jeannette District Memorial Hospital v. Department of HealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  5. T.E. Koger v. PHFACommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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