Bowman v. DEPT. OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESOUR.

I concur with the majority that the Commonwealth Court should not have reversed the Civil Service Commission. I dissent, however, from the majority’s decision to uphold the Commission’s ruling, which effectively reduces appellate review of administrative decisions to a rubber stamp. That *71result is incompatible with the Administrative Agency Law and our past decisions. Instead, the case should be remanded.

According to the majority, in an appeal from an agency decision, the reviewing court’s function ends once it finds a single, substantive item of evidence that supports the decision below.…