Langan v. City of Scranton

Opinion by

Judge Doyle,

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County which directed the reinstatement, with back pay and all other benefits, of fourteen individuals removed from their positions as firefighters in the City of Scranton and three individuals demoted to lower positions in the Bureau of Fire.

After careful review of the record and consideration of the arguments advanced by counsel in oral argument and in briefs, we find ourselves in agreement with the court of common pleas that, notwithstanding Scranton’s status as a Home Rule Charter Municipality…