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WELLS v. CIVIL SERVICE COMM.

423 Pa. 602 (1967)

Wells, Appellant, v. Civil Service Commission.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 6, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin R. Halbert, for appellant.

Matthew W. Bullock, Jr., Second Deputy City Solicitor, with him Edward G. Bauer, Jr., City Solicitor, for appellees.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION PER CURIAM, January 6, 1967:

The Philadelphia Home Rule Charter empowers the Personnel Director "to use any investigation of education and experience, and any test of capacity, knowledge, manual skill, character or physical fitness which in his judgment serves this end."* In the exercise of this authority the personnel director of the City of Philadelphia prepared an examination for policewomen which differed somewhat from the...

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