Legal Opinion
Hughes v. Pennsylvania State Police
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 30, 1992No. 2496 C.D. 1991PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARRY, Senior Judge.
Colton L. Hughes (Hughes) appeals from a decision of the Background Investigation Appeal Board which affirmed a decision of the Background Investigation Screening Board and disqualified him as a candidate for appointment to the Pennsylvania State Police. For the reasons that follow, we are compelled to quash Hughes’ appeal.
In March of 1990, Hughes completed and filed an application for appointment as a State Police Cadet with the Pennsylvania State Police. As a part of the application process, Hughes completed a questionnaire on which he indicated that he had been rejected…
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