Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Staub
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 2, 1975No. 505PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NIX, Justice.
This is one of three appeals 1 2 alleging sex discrimination. Appellant was charged with a violation of the fornication and bastardy statute, section 506 of the Penal Code, Act of June 24, 1939, P.L. 872, as amended, 18 P.S. § 4506,* which provides in pertinent part:
“Whoever commits fornication, is guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be sentenced to pay a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars ($100), for the use of the institution district where the offense was committed.
It shall be sufficient to convict an unmarried woman to show that…
Also in this document: Dissent.
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Kahn v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Wiegand v. WiegandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Conway v. DanaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Snider v. ThornburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. MacKenzieMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Wasiolek v. WasiolekSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- McConnell v. SchmidtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. WaltersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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