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MERCY HOSP. v. PA. HUMAN RELATIONS COM'N

499 Pa. 132 (1982)

451 A.2d 1357

The MERCY HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH, a non-profit corporation, Appellee, v. The PENNSYLVANIA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION, an agency of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 4, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ellen M. Doyle, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Pa. Human Relations Commission, Michael L. Foreman, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

F. Regan Nerone, Cauley, Birsic & Conflenti, Cynthia M. Maleski, John W. Latella, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Judge.

On December 1, 1981, Howard T. Pfupajena, M.D. (Pfupajena) filed a complaint with the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) alleging that he was denied staff privileges in its Division of Thoraic and Cardio Vascular Surgery by The Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh (Hospital) because of his race, Black, and his national origin, Zimbabwean, in violation of Section 5(a) of the Pennsylvania Human...

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