Legal Opinion
Housing Authority of Chester v. Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 30, 1999PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CASTILLE, Justice.
This Court granted review of this matter in order to decide whether the Commonwealth Court erred by holding that the State Civil Service Commission (“Commission”) has standing to enforce the veterans’ preference provisions of the Military Affairs Act, 51 Pa.C.S.A §§ 7101 et seq., at its own initiative; and whether the Commission erred by determining that the Housing Authority of the County of Chester (“Housing Authority”) violated the Military Affairs Act when it refused to offer the job of Executive Director 3, a civil service merit system position, to…
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