Eastern York School District v. Long

OPINION OF THE COURT

The Court being equally divided, the Order of the Commonwealth Court, 46 Pa.Cmwlth. 209, 407 A.2d 69, 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.

In June, 1975, appellant Diana L. Long was suspended from her position as a tenured English teacher in the Eastern York School District. Following a hearing, the…