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· 10/20/1976

COM. PA., HUMAN REL. COM'N v. Feeser

Citations

  • 364 A.2d 1324
  • 469 Pa. 173
  • 1976 Pa. LEXIS 747

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  • finding no impermissible commingling where there was no evidence to support contention that counsel advised the hearing panel at the hearing and in the decisional process
  • Pa.HRC possesses particular expertise in the area of unlawful discrimination that courts do not possess
  • the Commission has “jurisdiction initially to receive, investigate, conciliate, hear and decide complaints alleging unlawful discrimination.'’
  • “The Legislature has chosen, in the PHRA, to charge an administrative agency with the jurisdiction initially to receive, investigate, conciliate, hear, and decide complaints alleging unlawful discrimination.”
  • jurisdiction of court of common pleas was limited to the power to decide whether an injunction was necessary to preserve the status quo pending the Commission's determination of the merits of a complaint
  • jurisdiction of court of common pleas was limited to the power to decide whether an injunction was necessary to preserve the status quo pending the Commission’s determination of the merits of a complaint

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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Commonwealth

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