DocketNumber: Appeal, No. 2236 C.D. 1985
Citation Numbers: 100 Pa. Commw. 506, 514 A.2d 1020
Judges: Doyle, MacPhail, Rogers
Filed Date: 9/15/1986
Status: Precedential
Modified Date: 6/24/2022
Opinion by
This is an appeal by Keith N. Jordan from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County which upheld the order of the Civil Service Commission of Lower Merion Township (Commission) which sustained Jordans thirty day suspension from his position as an officer with the Lower Merion Township Police Department (Department). On appeal Jordan alleges the same errors as he did before the trial court. Because we find that the trial court, which decided the case on the record made before the Commission, disposed of those issues in a well-reasoned and thorough analysis we affirm on the opinion of the Honorable Anita B. Brody published at 39 Pa. D. & C. 3rd 632 (1985). Judge Brody held, in summary, that due process does not require a full blown hearing prior to the implementation of a suspension
Order
Now, September 15, 1986, the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County in the above captioned matter is hereby affirmed.
In addition to the citational authority relied upon by the trial court for this issue, we also note that its disposition is not inconsistent with Cleveland Board of Education v. Loudermill, 470 U.S. 532, 105 S.Ct. 1487 (1985), where the discipline was a termination of employment and not merely a suspension.