Legal Opinion
Abruzzese v. Bureau of Prof'l & Occupational Affairs
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 16, 2018No. 1121 C.D. 2017PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY PRESIDENT JUDGE LEAVITT
Rosemarie Abruzzese (Licensee) petitions for review of an adjudication of the State Board of Cosmetology suspending her esthetician's license for an indefinite period of time because of her single-count felony conviction. Licensee contends that the Board erred and abused its discretion. She argues that the Board considered facts not in the record; did not properly address her mitigating evidence; and could not articulate how its sanction for her misconduct, which occurred before she was first licensed, advances a public interest that the Board was created to…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Solem v. HelmSupreme Court of the United States · 1983
- Protz v. Workers' Compensation Appeal BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Pennsylvanians Against Gambling Expansion Fund, Inc. v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Commonwealth v. Eisenberg, M., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Slawek v. BD. OF MED. ED. & LICENSURESupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
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3Cited by6 opinions
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