DUSSIA v. BARGER


466 Pa. 152 (1975)

351 A.2d 667

Lieutenant Colonel Joseph DUSSIA, Appellant, v. Colonel James D. BARGER, Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Rehearing Denied February 26, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce E. Cooper, Cooper, Friedman & Butler, Harrisburg, for appellant.

J. Andrew Smyser, Deputy Atty. Gen., Benjamin Lerner, Deputy Atty. Gen., Israel Packel, Atty. Gen., Pennsylvania Dept. of Justice, Harrisburg, for appellees.

Arlen Specter, Philadelphia, for National Fraternal Order of Police (Grand Lodge), amicus curiae.

Richard M. Goldberg, Hourigan, Kluger & Spohrer Associates, Wilkes-Barre, for amicus curiae.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION

NIX, Justice.

Appellant, Joseph Dussia, a Lieutenant Colonel of the Pennsylvania State Police presently under suspension, instituted an action in equity in the Commonwealth Court seeking permanent injunctive relief from his pending court-martial. The action was instituted against James D. Barger, the Commissioner of the Pennsylvania State Police Department, and the individual members of the Court-Martial Board. The court-martial proceeding had been...

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