Legal Opinion
Straw v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 14, 1973No. Appeal, No. 16 C.D. 1973PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Kramer,
This is an appeal from a December 20, 1972, final order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) ordering Lewis Straw and Marian Straw (Straw) to cease and desist from committing unlawful discriminatory practices as defined in Section 5(h) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, Act of October 27, 1955, P. L. 744, as amended, 43 P.S. §955(h). The Commission also ordered Straw to pay to Deborah Wilson (Wilson) the sum of $3500 for “the mental anguish, humiliation, inconvenience and disruption of normal family life which she experienced . . . .”
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Zahorian v. Russell Fitt Real Estate AgencySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Chester School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Fleming v. StrayerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1951
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Chester School DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
- Wilkinsburg School District v. Human Relations CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Gen. Elec. Corp. v. COM. PA. HUM. R. COM.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- McDaniel v. CoryAlaska Supreme Court · 1981
- Gombach v. Department, Bureau of Commissions, Elections & LegislationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- McClelland v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. StrawSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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