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AMTRAK v. PA. HUMAN REL. COMM.

No. 737 C.D. 1981.

70 Pa.Commw. 62 (1982)

National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak), Petitioner v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

November 18, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore M. Kerrine, for petitioner.

Michael Hardiman, Assistant General Counsel, with him Robert S. Mirin, General Counsel, for respondent.

Argued February 2, 1982, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges ROGERS, WILLIAMS, JR., MacPHAIL and DOYLE.

OPINION BY JUDGE MacPHAIL, November 18, 1982:

The National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) has appealed from an order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (HRC). The HRC concluded that Amtrak had refused to hire Houston Small (Complainant) on the basis of a non-job related handicap in violation of Section 5(a) of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (Act).1

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