Pipkin v. Pennsylvania State Police

OPINION OF THE COURT

CASTILLE, Justice.

The issue on appeal is whether a probationary state trooper has a sufficient personal or property right in his continued employment which would permit him to appeal a decision by the Pennsylvania State Police to terminate his employment to the Commonwealth Court. Because we find that a probationary state trooper does not have an enforceable property interest in his continued employment, we affirm the Commonwealth Court’s per curiam order dismissing appellant’s appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

The relevant facts to this appeal are that on January 3, 1994,…