Speare v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

This is an appeal from a November 8, 1973 final order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) directing Van Burén Homes, Inc., (Van Burén) and Stephen Speare, President of Van Burén, to cease unlawful discriminatory practices as defined in Section 5(h) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, Act of October 27, 1955, P. L. 744, as amended, 43 P.S. §955 (h). The Commission also ordered Van Burén and Speare to maintain, for a period of two years, a file of all applications submitted to them, including an indication of the race of the applicant.

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