Legal Opinion
Wesenberg Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 26, 1943No. Appeal, 52PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Parker,
The prime and controlling question involved in this appeal is whether the proposed transfer of E. E. Wesenberg from the position of principal of a six-year junior-senior high school to the principalship of a three-year junior high school in the city of Bethlehem was a demotion within the meaning of the Act of April 6,1937, P. L. 213, §3 (24 PS §1161), an amendment to the School Code.
Mr. Wesenberg, prior to 1939, had been a teacher in the Bethlehem public schools. In June, 1939, he was elected to the principalship of the Liberty High School for the school year…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Hibbs v. ArensbergSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1923
- Smith v. Philadelphia School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Ganaposki's CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wesenberg v. Bethlehem School DistrictSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1941
- Miners S. Bank v. Duryea BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Smith v. Darby School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1957
- State v. YoakumTennessee Supreme Court · 1956
- Collins v. Parsons CollegeSupreme Court of Iowa · 1973
- Phillippi v. School District of Springfield TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Welsko v. Foster Township School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
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