Donnon v. Downingtown Civil Service Commission

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

This appeal involves the reversal by the Court of Common Pleas of Chester County of a decision of the Civil Service Commission of the Borough of Downing-town which dismissed appellee, Edgar W. Donnon, a Borough police officer, for disobedience and conduct unbecoming an officer. The court below held that the actions of the Borough Solicitor, who assisted in preferring charges against appellee, by sitting as advisor to the Commission and presiding over the hearing, violated appellee’s right of due process. While we agree with the court below that the solicitor’s…