Title: Sammons v. City of Philadelphia (Per Curiam Order)
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 78 E.D. APPEAL DOCKET 1996
State: Pennsylvania
Issuer: Pennsylvania Supreme Court
Date: December 23, 1998

[J-19-1997] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT WILLIAM SAMMONS, Appellee v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellant : : : : : : : : : : : : : No. 78 E.D. Appeal Docket 1996 Appeal from the order of the Commonwealth Court dated March 12, 1996, at No. 1632 C.D. 1992, reversing the order of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas dated June 4, 1992, at No. 2288 673 A.2d 998 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1996) ARGUED: January 28, 1997 ORDER PER CURIAM: DECIDED: December 22, 1998 The Court being equally divided, the Order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed. Mr. Chief Justice Flaherty, Mr. Justice Zappala, and Madame Justice Newman would dismiss the appeal as having been improvidently granted. Mr. Justice Cappy files an Opinion in Support of Reversal in which Messrs. Justice Castille and Nigro join.