Quigley v. Philadelphia Civil Service Commission

OPINION OF THE COURT

ZAPPALA, Justice.

The Appellant, Bryan J. Quigley, was dismissed from the Philadelphia Police Department in October of 1982 and arrested on charges of obstruction of law, hindering apprehension or prosecution, criminal conspiracy, and criminal solicitation. At a subsequent jury trial he was acquitted of all charges.

In 1986, the Civil Service Commission denied Quigley’s appeal of his dismissal, which decision was affirmed by the Court of Common Pleas and, on further appeal, by the Commonwealth Court Pa.Cmwlth., 557 A.2d 468 (1989). We granted allocatur to review the single…