Legal Opinion
Venesky v. Ridge
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 8, 2002PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLINS, Judge.
Before the Court are preliminary objections in the nature of a demurrer filed by the Governor of Pennsylvania to George Venesky’s petition for review challenging his removal from the appointed position as a member of the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
According to the petition for review, Governor Ridge appointed Venesky to the office of Game Commissioner for the Seventh District1 on June 9, 1998, and by letter of termination dated December 13, 2000 removed him from office. Venesky avers that the Game Commission is an independent administrative agency under the terms of 2 Pa.C.S.…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Watson v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Naef v. AllentownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sortino v. SingleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Max Pievsky v. Thomas J. Ridge, in His Capacity as the Governor of the Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Schluraff v. RzymekSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1965
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Arneson v. WolfCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- In Re Estate of MarquisSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2003
- Arneson v. WolfCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015