# Zager v. Chester Community Charter School

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · November 20, 2007 · 594 Pa. 166

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9754147

## Case

- **Full name:** Matthew ZAGER, Appellee, v. CHESTER COMMUNITY CHARTER SCHOOL, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** November 20, 2007
- **Citations:** 594 Pa. 166; 934 A.2d 1227; 36 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1079; 2007 Pa. LEXIS 2446
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Eakin
- **Judges:** Cappy, Castille, Saylor, Eakin, Baer, Baldwin, Fitzgerald
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Justice EAKIN,
concurring.
I concur in the result, but would affirm based on the Commonwealth Court’s reasoning that the charter school performs an essential government function. See Chester Community Charter School v. Zager, 895 A.2d 97 unpublished memorandum at 4-7 (Pa.Cmwlth., 2006). I would not reach the issue of the legislature’s intent in enacting the Charter School Law.

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