Legal Opinion
Civil Service Commission v. Paieski
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 25, 1989No. 2740 C.D. 1986PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DOYLE, Judge.
This is an appeal by the City of Pittsburgh (City) from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County which reversed the action of the Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission (Commission) which upheld the removal of Joseph R. Paieski’s name from the certified list of employees eligible for promotion to police sergeant.
The facts appear to be undisputed. The City’s Police Superintendent desired to promote fourteen individuals to available positions as police sergeants. The Commission certified to him the names of five persons to fill three *265“minority” vacancies and twenty…
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- McGrath v. StaiseySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1968
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