Case Name: George JOHNSON, Respondent v. LANSDALE BOROUGH and Lansdale Borough Civil Service Commission, Petitioners
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2015-07-28
Citations: 632 Pa. 439
Docket Number: No. 930 MAL 2014
Parties: George JOHNSON, Respondent v. LANSDALE BOROUGH and Lansdale Borough Civil Service Commission, Petitioners.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 632
Pages: 439–440

Head Matter:
120 A.3d 992
George JOHNSON, Respondent v. LANSDALE BOROUGH and Lansdale Borough Civil Service Commission, Petitioners.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
July 28, 2015.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 28th day of July, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED to the following issues, as stated by Petitioner:
a. Whether the Commonwealth Court committed reversible error by holding that a common pleas court's standard of review of a civil service commission adjudication is de novo, where a common pleas court takes no additional evidence on appeal and limits itself to the record before the commission?
b. Whether the Commonwealth Court committed reversible error by holding that a common pleas court may modify a penalty imposed by a municipality, where there is no evidence whatsoever that the penalty was arbitrary, capricious, or discriminatory?
In all other respects, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is DENIED.