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COM. v. PITTSBURGH PRESS CO.

483 Pa. 314 (1979)

396 A.2d 1187

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission, Appellant, v. PITTSBURGH PRESS COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 24, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sanford Kahn, Gen. Counsel, Pa. Human Relations Commission, John E. Benjes, Pa. Human Relations Commission, Robert S. Mirin, Harrisburg, for appellant.

Robert H. Shoop, Jr., Jane A. Lewis, Thorp, Reed & Armstrong, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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

OPINION

MANDERINO, Justice.

This appeal is from the order of the Commonwealth Court reversing the order of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission), and declaring unconstitutional that portion of Section 5(g) of The Pennsylvania Human Relations Act, 43 P.S. § 955(g). Section 5(g) prohibits the publication of advertisements for employment expressing the race, color, religious creed, ancestry, age, sex, or national origin of the advertiser...

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