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OPINION McDermott, justice. This case tests the outer limits of what procedural rights are required under our Local Agency Law:1 whether a police officer is entitled to notice and a hearing when his employers place a letter of warning2 in his personnel file. *253After rece

[J-82-2016] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ. WILLIAM PENN SCHOOL DISTRICT; : No. 46 MAP 2015 PANTHER VALLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT; : THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF : Appeal from the Order of the LANCASTER; GREATER JOHNSTOWN : Commonwealth Court entered on April SCHOOL DISTRICT; WILKES-BARRE : 21

OPINION BY Judge ROBERT SIMPSON. The key issue in this case is whether suspension from a municipality's emergency service towing rotation is an "adjudication" under our Local Agency Law, 1 requiring a hearing and the right of appeal. A towing business was suspended from the towing rotation in Hazleton amid acc

OPINION OF THE COURT PAPADAKOS, Justice. In this case Appellant, State Conference of State Police Lodges of the Fraternal Order of Police (F.O.P.), appeals from an Opinion and Order of Commonwealth Court, 88 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 356, 489 A.2d 317, (Rodgers, J., dissenting) striking an arbitration award of an agency shop. The award of an agency shop had been made pursuant to the Act of June 24, 1968 (Act 111),

OPINION DIAMOND, District Judge. On December 12, 1994, this court conducted a hearing to determine whether it should grant final approval of a consent decree offered as a resolution of this civil rights class action. At the conclusion of the hearing, the court (1) found that the consent decree was a fair, adequate and reasonable resolution of this litigation; (2) granted final approval of the c

IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Highlands School District : : No. 163 C.D. 2020 v. : : Argued: October 15, 2020 Brian Rittmeyer and Tribune-Review, : : Appellants : BEFORE: HONORABLE P. KEVIN BROBSON, J

IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA Office of General Counsel, : Petitioner : : v. : No. 1764 C.D. 2019 : Argued: December 8, 2020 Brad Bumsted and LNP Media : Group, Inc., : Respondents

OPINION BY Judge ANNE E. COVEY. The School District of Philadelphia (District) and Serge Vladimirsky (Vladimirsky) petition this Court for review of Acting Secretary of Education Carolyn C. Dumaresq's (Acting Secretary) November 19, 2014 order reinstating Vladimirsky to his position as a professional employee from July 20, 2011 to March 15, 2012, and sustaining Vladimirsky's March 15,

MEMORANDUM Stengel, District Judge. I. INTRODUCTION The plaintiffs, Mary LaRochelle, Sandra Riker, Emilia Shearer, Candice Galbreath, and Nicole Vasquez brought this employment discrimination action against Lancashire Hall, Wilmac Corporation, Wilmac Health Care, Inc., and McWil Group Limited (collectively “Defendants”). The plaintiffs were formerly employed at Lancashire Hall, a nursing ho

IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA In Re: Appeal of Samantha Melamed, : The Philadelphia Inquirer : : From a Decision of: : Office of Open Records : : Appeal of: Samantha Melamed, : No. 914 C.D. 2021 The Philadelphia Inquirer : Argued: November 14,

CRAIG, Judge. When a school district resolves to send (“tuition out”) all of its students in grades 7-12 to a neighboring school district for their public education, is that action subject to collective bargaining with the teachers’ union under section 701 of the Public Employee Relations Act (PERA),1 or is it a matter of inherent managerial policy under section 702,2

Opinions of the United 2006 Decisions States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit 7-26-2006 Hill v. Kutztown Precedential or Non-Precedent

126 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 537 (1989) 560 A.2d 303 MIDLAND BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. Appeal of MIDLAND EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, PSEA/NEA. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Appellant, v. MIDLAND BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee. Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

*469MEMORANDUM OPINION Robert D. Mariani, United States District Judge TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY.. .470 II. STATEMENT OF FACTS... 472 A. PrimeCare Medical, Inc.... 472 B. March 18, 2009-March 22, 2009...476 1. Paul James... 4

902 A.2d 430 (2006) COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Wayne Cordell MITCHELL, Appellant. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Argued September 12, 2005. Decided July 19, 2006. *436 J. Richard Narvin, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Wayne Cordell Mitchell. Michael Wayne Streily, Esq., Edward J. Borkowski, Esq., Rebecca Denean Span

113 F.Supp.2d 722 (2000) Joseph DEMKO, Plaintiff, v. LUZERNE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Defendant. No. 3:CV-98-0495. United States District Court, M.D. Pennsylvania. September 18, 2000. *723 *724 *725 Al Flora, Jr., Wilkes-Barre, PA, for Joseph Demko.

535 Pa. 440 (1994) 636 A.2d 142 R., Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WELFARE and Montgomery County Office of Children and Youth, Appellees. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Argued January 25, 1993. Decided January 4, 1994. *441 *442

395 Pa. Superior Ct. 322 (1990) 577 A.2d 564 COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Angelo P. HAYNES, Appellant. Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Submitted March 21, 1990. Filed June 14, 1990. *328 David DeFazio, Pittsburgh, for appellant. Claire Capristo, and Maria V. Copetas, Asst. Dist. Attys., Pittsburgh

IN THE COMMONWEALTH COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA William Penn School District; : Panther Valley School District; : The School District of Lancaster; : Greater Johnstown School District; : Wilkes-Barre Area School District; : Shenandoah Valley School District; : Jamella and Bryant Miller, parents of : K.M., a minor; Sheila Armstrong, : parent of S.A., minor; Tracey Hughes, : parent of P.M.H., minor; Pennsylvania : Association of R

GARTH, Circuit Judge. On this appeal we review whether the District Court erred when it dismissed Keith A. Hill’s complaint charging Genna-ro Marino (the former Mayor of the Borough of Kutztown), and the Borough itself, with violating his rights under the United States Constitution, federal and state statutes, and the common law of Pennsylvania. The District Court dismissed Hill’s