Legal Opinion
Leechburg Area School District v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 11, 1975No. Appeal, No. 733 C.D. 1974PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Crumlish, Jr.,
On July 21, 1972, the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) initiated a complaint against the Leechburg Area School District (Appellant) alleging that certain provisions of the Appellant’s maternity leave policy discriminated against females in violation of *618Section 5(a) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, Act of October 27, 1955, P.L. 744, as amended, 43 P.S. §955(a) (Supp. 1974-1975) (the Act).1 The Commission objected to those provisions of the Appellant’s maternity leave policy which required a teacher to begin a maternity leave without pay…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Cleveland Board of Education v. LaFleurSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Mary Burke Sprogis v. United Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1971
- Mrs. Lorena W. Weeks v. Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company, Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Company v. Mrs. Lorena W. WeeksCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Phillips v. Martin Marietta Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Jurinko v. Edwin L. Wiegand Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Lukus v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Brennan v. National Telephone Directory Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1994
- Anderson v. Upper Bucks County Area Vocational Technical SchoolCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Board of School Directors of Fox Chapel Area School District v. RossettiCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Dallastown Area School District v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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