Legal Opinion
United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of America, Local 261 v. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 1, 1997No. 2049 C.D. 1996PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America, Local 261 (Union) appeals from an order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) awarding Joseph Ponas (Ponas) damages for age discrimination in violation of Section 5(c) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (Act).1
The Union operates for its members a nonexclusive hiring hall.2 Ponas, who was born in 1921, alleged in his age discrimination complaint3 to the PHRC that he went to the hiring hall on May 12, 1992, and told Mr. Sehimelfenig (Business Agent), the Union’s business agent, that he wanted work.…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Jackson and Coker, Inc. v. LynamDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1993
- Beaver Cem. v. Pa. Human Rel. Comm.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- General Electric Corp. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Boykins v. Lucent Technologies, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2000
- Parks v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Pennsylvania Board of Probation & Parole v. Pennsylvania Human Relations CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Sedor v. West Mifflin Area School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- J. McClain v. PA Dept. of Education, Division of Food and NutritionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
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