Case Name: The HARRISBURG CHAPTER OF the AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, et al., Appellants, v. Robert G. SCANLON, in his official capacity as Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth, et al.
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1983-04-26
Citations: 500 Pa. 549
Docket Number: Appeal No. 10 M.D. Appeal Docket, 1983
Parties: The HARRISBURG CHAPTER OF the AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, et al., Appellants, v. Robert G. SCANLON, in his official capacity as Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth, et al.
Judges: Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 500
Pages: 549–553

Head Matter:
458 A.2d 1352
The HARRISBURG CHAPTER OF the AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION, et al., Appellants, v. Robert G. SCANLON, in his official capacity as Secretary of Education of the Commonwealth, et al.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued March 9, 1983.
Decided April 26, 1983.
Arthur L. Berger, Richard L. McCoy, Harrisburg, for appellants.
Allan W. Holman, Jr., Sol., for West Perry School Dist.
Robert L. Rubendall, Sol., for Halifax School Dist.
Michael L. Harvey, Deputy Atty. Gen., for Robert G. Scanlon.
James D. Flower, Carlisle, for Carlisle School Dist.
Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
Order of Commonwealth Court affirmed.
ROBERTS, C.J., files a dissenting opinion in which FLAHERTY, J., joins.