Cumberland-Perry Area Vocational Technical School Joint Operating Committee v. Brinser

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Court being equally divided, the Order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed.

O’BRIEN, C.J., files an Opinion in Support of Affirmance which NIX and LARSEN, JJ., join. LARSEN, J., files a separate Opinion in Support of Affirmance. FLAHERTY, J., files an Opinion in Support of Reversal which ROBERTS and KAUFFMAN, JJ., join.

OPINION IN SUPPORT OF AFFIRMANCE

O’BRIEN, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from an order of the Commonwealth Court reversing an order of the Cumberland County Court of Common Pleas which upheld the suspension of Herbert H. Brinser from his position as an…