Court Opinion

ID: 9635235
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 13:43:08.670832+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:54:01.424193
License: Public Domain

McDERMOTT, Justice,
dissenting.
In 1981, the Human Relations Commission found that appellant, Lansdowne Swim Club, was “distinctly private” and dismissed a complaint as “outside the commission’s jurisdiction”. Three years later, pursuant to another complaint, the Human Relations Commission sought to do again what they finished in 1981. I agree that when they receive a complaint they are entitled to a subpoena duces tecum to complete their investigative function. When, however, they have fulfilled their function, and found no jurisdiction because of the private nature of the group investigated, they ought not have the right to a new subpoena at the drop of every new complaint.
I would affirm the order of the Commonwealth Court.
ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ., join in this dissenting opinion.