Legal Opinion
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, AFT, Local 3 v. School District of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 15, 2016No. 31 EAP 2015PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice SAYLOR.
This appeal concerns whether power is invested in a school reform commission, under a statutory regime designed to facilitate rehabilitation of financially distressed school districts, to unilaterally alter terms and conditions of employment for teachers whose interests are represented by a bargaining unit.
• In 1959, the General Assembly enacted the Distressed School Law, 1 amending the Public School Code of 1949, 2 and providing for special boards of control to govern school districts deemed to be financially distressed. See 24 P.S. §§ 6-692 (repealed), 6-693. Of…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Beecham v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board v. State College Area School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Oliver v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Rendell v. Pennsylvania State Ethics CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- In Re Appeal of Cumberland Valley School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Americans for Fair Treatment, Inc. v. Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, Local 3, AFL-CIOCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
- School District of Philadelphia v. Philadelphia Federation of Teachers, AFT, Local 3Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- A.D. Brown v. M. ZakenCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
- I. Kaplan v. The Cairn Terrier Club of AmericaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- J. Coleman v. Parkland S.D.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2023
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