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BRICKHOUSE v. SPRING-FORD SCHOOL DIST.

540 Pa. 176 (1995)

656 A.2d 483

G. Gordon BRICKHOUSE, Appellee, v. SPRING-FORD AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 4, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey H. Quinn, Philadelphia, for Spring Ford Area School Dist.

Mark P. Widoff, Harrisburg, for amicus — Pa. State Educ. Ass'n.

Stephen S. Russell, Harrisburg, for amicus — Pa. School Bd. Ass'n.

Mark L. Tunnell, West Chester, for G. Gordon Brickhouse.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

OPINION

FLAHERTY, Justice.

When a veteran has applied for a vacancy on the teaching staff of a public school and establishes that he is certified to teach in Pennsylvania, must the veteran be hired for the position pursuant to the Veterans' Preference Act, 51 Pa.C.S. § 7104, when the other applicants are non-veterans?

In 1990 Brickhouse applied for a position in the social studies department...

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