Case: Pittsburgh Press Company v. The Pittsburgh Commission on Human Relations

No. S. A. 768 of 1970 | Pennsylvania state trial court

Filed Date: 1970

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Case Summary

[This summary is temporary while we research the case.] This is a lawsuit in which the National Organization for Women, Inc. (NOW) alleged that the Pittsburgh Press Company had violated the Pittsburgh Human Relations Ordinance by using sex-segregated column headings in its classified advertisement section. The case was filed on October 9, 1969, in a Pennsylvania trial court.

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72-00419

Memorandum for The United States as Amicus Curiae

Supreme Court of the United States

March 1, 1973

March 1, 1973

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Case Details

State / Territory: Pennsylvania

Case Type(s):

Speech and Religious Freedom

Special Collection(s):

Civil Rights Division Archival Collection

Key Dates

Filing Date: 1970