# Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers v. School District

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · November 20, 1984 · 506 Pa. 196

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9647366

## Case

- **Full name:** The PENNSYLVANIA FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, Et Al., Appellees, v. the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, Et Al., Appellants; PENNSYLVANIA STATE EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, Et Al., Appellees-Cross Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Et Al., Appellants-Cross Appellees
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** November 20, 1984
- **Citations:** 506 Pa. 196; 484 A.2d 751; 1984 Pa. LEXIS 344
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Hutchinson
- **Judges:** Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson, Zappala, Papadakos
- **Cited by:** 26 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding Act unconstitutional for persons who were members of retirement system at the time of the enactment, but finding Act constitutional as applied to those who became members of the retirement system subsequent to the effective date of the Act, even though the Act had a no…
- holding nonseverability provision inapplicable where Act is unconstitutional only as applied to persons who were members of retirement system at time of the enactment, but constitutional as applied to those who became members of the retirement system subsequent to the effectiv…
- noting that through a "comprehensive legislative scheme governing the operation and administration of public education," the Commonwealth has granted "broad power" to school districts to act on behalf of the Commonwealth to educate public school students

## Opinion text

HUTCHINSON, Justice,
concurring.
I agree with the majority’s disposition of this case but continue to adhere to the views expressed in my concurring and dissenting opinion in Association of State College and University Faculties v. State System of Higher Education, 505 Pa. 369 , 479 A.2d 962 (1984).

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