Johnson v. Lansdale Boro

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: July 28, 2015
• Docket: 930 MAL 2014 (Granted)
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

GEORGE JOHNSON, : No. 930 MAL 2014 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the : Order of the Commonwealth Court v. : : : LANSDALE BOROUGH AND LANSDALE : BOROUGH CIVIL SERVICE : COMMISSION, : : Petitioners :

ORDER

PER CURIAM

AND NOW, this 28th day of July, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is

GRANTED, LIMITED to the following issues, as stated by Petitioner:

a. Whether the Commonwealth Court committed reversible error by holding that a common pleas court’s standard of review of a civil service commission adjudication is de novo, where a common pleas court takes no additional evidence on appeal and limits itself to the record before the commission?

b. Whether the Commonwealth Court committed reversible error by holding that a common pleas court may modify a penalty imposed by a municipality, where there is no evidence whatsoever that the penalty was arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory?

In all other respects, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED.