Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania State Police v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 10, 1988No. Appeal, 2840 C.D. 1986PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Senior Judge Narick,
This is an appeal by the Pennsylvania State Police (Petitioner) from an order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) which found that Petitioner had discriminated against Almando Carrasquillo (complainant) in discharging him on the basis of his national ancestry (Puerto Rican) in violation of Section 5(a) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (Act), Act of October 27, 1955, P.L. 74, as amended, 43 P.S. §955(a).
This matter was originally heárd by a three-member panel appointed by the Commission. Two members of that panel issued findings of…
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