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Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School District

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 19, 1999PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

This school desegregation case is in its twenty-eighth year. It began on October 8, 1970, when the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) initiated a complaint against the School District of Philadelphia (the school district) in which the PHRC alleged that the school district was unlawful*129ly segregated in violation of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA).1 After investigation and hearing, the PHRC determined that the school district was unlawfully segregated by race, and ordered the school district to submit a desegregation plan. The…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Pennsylvania Department of Aging v. LindbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  2. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. Scranton School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. North Cambria Fuel Co. v. Department of Environmental ResourcesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission v. School District of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995

3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Protection v. Cromwell TownshipSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. Capinski v. Upper Pottsgrove TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
  3. Com., Dep v. Cromwell Tp., Huntingdon Cty.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Human Relations Commission v. School District of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  5. Capinski v. Upper Pottsgrove TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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