Legal Opinion
Preferential Treatment of War Veterans
Pennsylvania Department of Justice
Decided February 15, 1940PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rutter, Deputy Attorney General,
By your letter of January 8,1940, this department has been requested to advise you concerning certain aspects and effects of the Acts of June 27,1939, P. L. 1198, 51 PS §491.1 et seq., and April 12, 1939, P. L. 27, 51 PS §481. Both of these statutes relate to preferential appointment and employment by the Commonwealth and its political subdivisions of honorably discharged persons who were engaged in the military or naval service of the United States during any war wherein that Nation participated.
Specifically, you desire advice upon the following questions:
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Graham v. SchmidSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. v. Lewis, Aud. Gen.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1925
- Carney v. LoweSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1939
- Wood v. PhiladelphiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
- Palmer's AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1932
3Cited by3 opinions
- Herskovitz v. Commonwealth, State Civil Service CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Blake, S. v. State Civil Service Commission, Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Herskovitz v. Commonwealth, State Civil Service CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1987