Legal Opinion
Carney v. Lowe
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 25, 1939No. Appeals, 180, 181, 182, 183, 185 and 186PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Stern,
We are concerned on this appeal with the civil service article (XLIY) of The Third Class City Law of June 23, 1931, P. L. 932.
Section 4404 provides that each of the civil service boards in a city “shall prepare and adopt such rules and regulations” to cover the selection of persons to be employed or appointed “as in the judgment of said boards shall be best adapted to securing the best service for the public. Such rules and regulations shall provide for ascertaining and determining, so far as possible, the physical qualifications, habits, reputation, standing,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Graham v. SchmidSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Wood v. PhiladelphiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1911
3Cited by19 opinions
- Kurtz v. PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1942
- Feinerman v. JonesDistrict Court, M.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Clark v. MeadeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1954
- Fredrick v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1974
- Merrell v. Chartiers Valley School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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