Christy v. Board of Pensions & Retirement of Philadelphia

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Christy v. Board of Pensions & Retirement of Philadelphia

611 A.2d 198, 531 Pa. 88, 1992 Pa. LEXIS 379

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania·Decided June 17, 1992·No. No. 66 E.D. Appeal Docket 1991·Published·Cited by 1 cases

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Carmen Christy, was denied his pension benefits under the Municipal Retirement System Ordinance of the City of Philadelphia on the basis of alleged criminal misconduct, without ever having been formally charged or convicted. For the reasons stated in the opinion filed today in Mazzo v. Board of Pensions and Retirement of the City of Philadelphia, 531 Pa. 78, 611 A.2d 193 (1992), the denial of benefits was improper. The order of the Commonwealth Court is, accordingly, reversed.

ZAPPALA, J., files a dissenting statement.

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ORDER

PER CURIAM.

The appellant, Carmen Christy, was denied his pension benefits under the Municipal Retirement System Ordinance of the City of Philadelphia on the basis of alleged criminal misconduct, without ever having been formally charged or convicted. For the reasons stated in the opinion filed today in Mazzo v. Board of Pensions and Retirement of the City of Philadelphia, 531 Pa. 78, 611 A.2d 193 (1992), the denial of benefits was improper. The order of the Commonwealth Court is, accordingly, reversed.

ZAPPALA, J., files a dissenting statement.

Christy v. Board of Pensions & Retirement of Philadelphia, 611 A.2d 198, 531 Pa. 88, 1992 Pa. LEXIS 379 (Pa. 1992).

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