Legal Opinion

Schmidt v. Creedon

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided March 29, 2011No. 09-2051, 10-1633PublishedCited by 80 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

ROTH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves the application of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause to the suspension of policemen in Pennsylvania. Michael Schmidt, an officer in Pennsylvania’s Capitol Police, claims that appellees, senior officers of the Capitol Police and officials of Pennsylvania’s Department of General Services, violated his due process rights when they failed to provide him a hearing before suspending him without pay. In deciding this appeal, we keep in mind that, classified employees under Pennsylvania’s Civil Service Act cannot be suspended or terminated…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  3. Pearson v. CallahanSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  4. Cleveland Board of Education v. LoudermillSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  5. Daniel J. Ciambriello v. County of Nassau, Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., Russell Rinchiuso, Richard Cotugno and Ron RoeillCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2002

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3Cited by80 opinions

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