BARNES v. COMMISSIONER OF STATE POLICE


497 Pa. 619 (1982)

444 A.2d 89

James M. BARNES, Appellant, v. COMMISSIONER OF the STATE POLICE.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 21, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Dunlavey, North East, for appellant.

Francis X. O'Brien, Jr., Asst. Counsel, Pennsylvania State Police, Harrisburg, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

State Trooper James Barnes appeals by allowance from an order of the Commonwealth Court quashing, as untimely filed, a petition for review of an order of suspension entered by the Commissioner of State Police. We vacate the order of the Commonwealth Court, 57 Pa.Cmwlth. 178, 425 A.2d 1209, and remand for a determination of the merits.

Pa. R.A.P. 1512(a)(1) provides:

"A petition for review of a quasijudicial...

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