PENNSYLVANIA HUMAN RELATIONS COMMISSION,
v.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, et al.
v.
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al.
Petition of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Thomas J. Ridge, Governor.
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Argued February 3, 1998.
Decided May 19, 1999.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Edward F. Mannino, Philadelphia, William H. Lamb, West Chester, for petitioners Com. and Governor Ridge.
Robert L. Byer, Pittsburgh, for amicus, General Assembly.
Germaine Ingram, Bruce W. Kauffman, Laura E. Vendzules, Mark J. Levin, Sheryl L. Auerbach, Lynn Rosner Rauch, Philadelphia, for respondent, School Dist. of Philadelphia.
Michael Hardiman, Philadelphia, for Pa. Human Relations Com'n.
Michael Churchill, San Jose, CA, for intervenors, Aspira, et al.
Joseph A. Dwortzky, Richard Feder, Sarah E. Ricks, Mark A. Aronchick, John H. Estey, Philadelphia, for respondents, City of Philadelphia and Mayor Rendell.
Lawrence E. Frankel, for amicus, ACLU of Pa.
Robert J. Stefanko, Pittsburgh, for amicus, Pittsburgh Public Schools.
Michael I. Levin, Huntingdon Valley, for amicus, School Boards Ass'n.
Charles W. Bowser, Philadelphia, for amici, American Found. for Negro Affairs, et al.
Richard Z. Freemann, Jr., Patricia A. Lowe, Philadelphia, for amicus, Lowell Home and School Ass'n.
Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.
This school desegregation case is in its twenty-eighth year. It began on October 8, 1970, when the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (PHRC) initiated a complaint against the School District of Philadelphia (the school district) in which the PHRC alleged that the school district was unlawfully segregated in violation of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act (PHRA...
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