Fabio v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, ETC.

489 Pa. 309 (1980)

414 A.2d 82

Nicholas FABIO, Appellant,

v.

CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF the CITY OF PHILADELPHIA.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Argued October 16, 1979.

Decided April 30, 1980.

Stanley Bashman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

James M. Penny, Jr., Asst. City Sol., Ralph J. Teti, Senior Trial Asst., Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Justice.[*]

The Philadelphia Civil Service Commission held that appellant, Nicholas Fabio, was guilty of "conduct unbecoming an officer,"[1] and ordered his dismissal from…