# White v. School District of Philadelphia

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · October 1, 1998 · 553 Pa. 214

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9694346

## Case

- **Full name:** Vernon WHITE, a Minor by His Natural Guardian, Louise PEARSALL, and Louise Pearsall, in Her Own Right, Appellees, v. SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** October 1, 1998
- **Citations:** 553 Pa. 214; 718 A.2d 778; 1998 Pa. LEXIS 2129
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Zappala
- **Judges:** Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Nl'Gro
- **Cited by:** 23 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ZAPPALA, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the Majority Opinion. I write separately to note that rather than distinguish Vogel v. Langer, 131 Pa.Cmwlth. 236 , 569 A.2d 1047 (1990), I would hold that Vogel is not to be followed because it was wrongly decided.

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