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RIKE v. COM., SEC. OF EDUC.

508 Pa. 190 (1985)

494 A.2d 1388

Paul H. RIKE, Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION and Peters Township School District. Appeal of PETERS TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT. Paul H. RIKE, Appellee, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION and Peters Township School District. Appeal of COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reed E. Day, Peacock, Keller, Yohe, Day & Ecker, Washington, for Peters Township School Dist.

Donna S. Weldon, Linda J. Wells, Harrisburg, for Com. of Pa., Secretary of Educ.

William Fearen, Michael I. Levin, Cleckner & Fearen, Kent H. Patterson, Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania School Boards Assn.

Robert E. Durrant, Pittsburgh, for Paul H. Rike.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

Appellee Rike was accused by a female employee of the school district where he was employed, of sexual "harassment" in the form of comments believed by their recipient to embody unwelcome sexual invitations. Following an investigation of the complaint by the district superintendent, Rike was notified by letter that the superintendent was "considering a recommendation to the...

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