Legal Opinion · Concurrence

Kindle v. COM., ST. BD. OF NURSE EXAM.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 6, 1986No. 42 M.D. Appeal Docket 1985Published

1ConcurrencePapadakos, Justice

I believe that the majority is mistaken in concluding that Commonwealth Court misapplied the doctrine of laches when it adopted a “prejudicial per se” rule in this case.

Appellee, Kathryn A. Kindle, was arrested on July 16, 1979; pled guilty on January 28, 1980; and was sentenced on March 19, 1980, for the drug-related offenses set forth in the majority opinion. She was successfully discharged from a drug rehabilitation program on June 30, 1980, and resumed her nursing career on September 8, 1981, at a nursing home in Erie, Pennsylvania, while she was still on probation as a result of her…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Appellant, v. the GREAT ATLANTIC & PACIFIC TEA COMPANY, AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1984
  2. Wilson v. King of Prussia Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966
  3. Silver v. KorrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
  4. Class of Two Hundred Administrative Faculty Members v. ScanlonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
  5. Gabster v. MesarosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1966

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