Court Opinion

ID: 9714270
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:34:01.976611+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:24.783834
License: Public Domain

CAPPY, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the decision of the majority. In my view, the majority opinion properly determined that the Commonwealth Court lacked the authority to raise sua sponte the question of the authority of the Human Relations Commission of the City of Reading (“Commission”) to act in this matter. I also believe that the majority was correct when it eschewed a discussion of this improperly raised issue. Thus, I write separately, simply to express my disagreement with the discussion of the merits of this issue by my esteemed and respected colleague, Mr. Justice Saylor, in his concurring opinion. I agree with the majority that the issue of whether a local human relation’s commission has the authority to proscribe certain conduct where the state human relation’s commission has not spoken, is an issue for another day.