BOARD OF PUB. ED. v. WATSON


401 Pa. 62 (1960)

Board of Public Education v. Watson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 30, 1960.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Dorfman, with him Dorfman, Pechner, Sacks & Dorfman, for appellant.

C. Brewster Rhoads, with him Edward B. Soken, Sidney L. Wickenhaver, and Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., BELL, MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, BOK and EAGEN, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, June 30, 1960:

The only difference between this case and Board of Public Education v. Intille, Deacon and Atkinson, p. 1, ante, is that, here, the appellant, Goldie Watson, a Philadelphia public school teacher, relied upon the constitutional guarantees of the First Amendment, instead of the Fifth, in justification of her refusal to answer certain questions propounded by a Sub-committee (known as the Velde Committee...

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