Legal Opinion · Dissent

Pelton v. Com., Dept. of Public Welfare

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 30, 1987No. 2 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986, 16 M.D. Appeal Docket 1986Published

1DissentLarsen, Justice

I dissent.

Not only do I find appellant Department of Public Welfare’s (DPW) deliberate choice to ignore the rulings of Commonwealth Court to be contemptible, that choice is morally reprehensible as well. There will never be a way to *338determine exactly how many good citizens of this Commonwealth were unable to regain the dignity of a useful and productive life during the economic crisis of this decade because of appellant’s begrudging and distorted interpretation of the special needs regulation. In this regard, I adopt the decision in this case of Judge MacPhail as my own. Pelton v.…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. Pelton v. Commonwealth, Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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