Reiter v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

The Governor1 and the Department of Justice of Pennsylvania, by preliminary objections, demur to a mandamus action instituted by Joseph H. Reiter. Reiter asks us to order the Department to reinstate him with back pay as Deputy Attorney General and to enjoin the Governor from future interference with Reiter’s employment.

We sustain the preliminary objections.

Did the Governor dismiss him without the consent and over the objection of the Attorney General arbitrarily, without cause, and without authority in law so as to support an action in mandamus?

Reiter’s complaint…