BD. OF SUPVRS. OF L. GWYNEDD TWP. v. WEST

No. 178 C.D. 1979.

47 Pa.Commw. 646 (1979)

Board of Supervisors of Lower Gwynedd Township, Appellant v. Walter G. West, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

December 13, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Curtis Wright, with him Jeremiah J. Cardamone, and Timoney, Knox, Hasson & Weand, for appellant.

Brian P. Sullivan, with him Kane, Pugh, Anderson, Subers & McBrien, for appellee.

Argued October 5, 1979, before Judges ROGERS, BLATT and CRAIG, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY JUDGE ROGERS, December 13, 1979:

Lower Gwynedd Township (Township) has appealed from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County reversing the action of the Township Board of Supervisors suspending Walter West from the police force for 180 days. The court reinstated West with back pay and benefits.

During the early morning hours of May 18, 1977, West told a fellow officer, Sergeant Pierson, that "some of these guys around here are...

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