Marks v. Civil Service Commission

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

Bernard Marks (Marks) had been employed continuously by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania from January 3, 1935, first in the Department of Revenue and later in the Department of Justice. He was employed as an accounting advisor for the Department of Justice’s “Tax Litigation Unit” when, on December 17, 1971, a letter was signed and mailed to him by then Attorney General J. Shane Creamer, in which Marks was informed that he was being furloughed because his position was no longer to be carried by the Depart ment of Justice. 1 On January 12, 1972, Marks wrote a letter to the…