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COM'N EX REL. DUNSON v. ERIE INS. EXCH.

465 Pa. 240 (1975)

348 A.2d 742

ERIE HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION ex rel. Sanford DUNSON, Appellee, v. ERIE INSURANCE EXCHANGE and H.O. Hirt, Manager, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 26, 1975.

Rehearing Denied January 5, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Illig, MacDonald, Illig, Jones & Britton, Erie, for appellants.

Lawrence L. Kinter, T.D. Colbridge, Erie, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

On June 10, 1971, H.O. Hirt, President and Manager of the Erie Insurance Exchange [Exchange], discharged Sanford Dunson, a black man, from his employment with the Exchange. On June 14, 1971, Dunson filed a formal complaint with the Erie Human Relations Commission [Commission] alleging unlawful racial discrimination in his discharge. Subsequently, on March 6, 1972, after two informal investigatory hearings revealed that...

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