Legal Opinion
Alto-Reste Park Cemetery Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 11, 1972No. Appeal, No. 363 C.D. 1972PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Crumlish, Jr.,
Alto-Reste Park Cemetery Association (Alto-Reste) appeals an Amended Pinal Order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) dated March 20, 1972 which directed Alto-Reste to take affirmative action in redress of certain violations of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, Act of October 27, 1955, P. L. 711, §§1 et seq., as amended, 43 P.S. §§951 et seq.
The widow of Doctor George A. Walker, a black dentist, sought to inter his remains in Alto-Reste. AltoReste refused citing a restrictive covenant and resisted acknowledgment of the jurisdiction of…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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