Legal Opinion
Pennsylvania Department of Corrections v. State Civil Service Commission
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 17, 2004PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge LEAVITT.
The Department of Corrections (Department) petitions for review of the adjudication of the State Civil Service Commission (Commission) sustaining the appeal of Sergeant Sean P. Clapper (Clapper) and overruling the Department’s termination of Clapper’s employment at the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon (Hun-tingdon). The Commission concluded the Department did not meet its burden of proving a just cause for termination and, therefore, modified the Department’s discipline to a 30 day suspension.
Clapper’s termination stemmed from an incident that occurred on…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Pennsylvania Game Commission v. State Civil Service CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Galant v. COM., DEPT. OF ENV. RES.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Bowman v. DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOUR.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Bosnjak v. State Civil Service CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Department of Corrections v. RocheCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- M.A. Benson v. SCSC (Potter County Human Services)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- N.J. Gardner v. SCSC (PennDOT)Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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