Legal Opinion
ALMY v. Borough of Wilkinsburg
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 15, 1980No. Appeal, 1861 C.D. 1979PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge MacPhail,
Barry Almy, John Anderson, Gregory Ferrell, Charles Simler, and Edmund Schott (collectively, Appellants) were all employed as police officers by the Borough of Wilkinsburg (Borough), a municipal corporation. On December 23, 1978, at a special meeting of. the Borough’s council, the council, by resolution (resolution 6720), reduced the size of the Borough’s police force resulting in the furloughing of Appellants from the force effective January 1, 1979. Appellants filed suit in mandamus with the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County seeking reinstatement to the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Schenck v. BurgessSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897
- Mamallis v. Millbourne BoroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1960
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