Legal Opinion
Pittsburgh Press Employment Advertising Discrimination Appeal
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 27, 1972No. Appeal, No. 315 C.D. 1971PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Kramer,
This is an appeal from an Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County, dated March 24, 1971, affirming an Order of the Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations (Commission), appellee, dated July 23, 1970. This Order found the Pittsburgh Press Company (Pittsburgh Press), appellant, to be in violation of the Human Relations Ordinance of the City of Pittsburgh and ordered the utilization of a “classification system of employment advertisement with no reference to sex.”
This case was commenced on October 9, 1969, when the National Organization for Women (N.O.W.)…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Roth v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Kovacs v. CooperSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Truax v. RaichSupreme Court of the United States · 1915
- Lorain Journal Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1951
- 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
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3Cited by40 opinions
- Pittsburgh Press Co. v. Pittsburgh Commission on Human RelationsSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- National Organization for Women v. State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Evening Sentinel v. National Organization for WomenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1975
- The Passaic Daily News v. BlairSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1973
- Begis v. Industrial Board of the Department of Labor & IndustryCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
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