Lee v. Walnut Garden Apartments, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Appellant, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission), appeals from a decision of the Commonwealth Court holding (1) the Commission has no power to award victims of unlawful discrimination damages for “embarrassment, humiliation and emotional upset,” and (2) the Commission may not order a respondent to maintain records which designate the race of apartment applicants or the race of the apartment’s former occupant because such a requirement violates § 5(h)(6) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, *14443 P.S. § 955(h)(6) (Supp.1977-78). Span v. Pennsylvania Human…