BELASCO v. BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUC.


510 Pa. 504 (1986)

510 A.2d 337

David J. BELASCO and Edward R. Powers, Appellees, v. The BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH, Appellant. The BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH, Appellant. v. David J. BELASCO and Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellees. The BOARD OF PUBLIC EDUCATION OF the SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH, Appellant, v. Edward R. POWERS and Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 3, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce D. Campbell, Robert E. Durrant, Meyer, Darragh, Buckler, Bebenek & Eck, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Eugene P. Girman, Girman & Bacharach, Pittsburgh, for Belasco & Powers.

Linda J. Wells, Harrisburg, for Secretary of Educ.

Louis B. Kushner, Shelley W. Elovitz, Rothman, Gordon, Foreman, and Groudine, P.C., Pittsburgh, amicus curiae, for Pa. Federation of Teachers-AFL-CIO.

Anthony D. Newman, Gen. Counsel, Harrisburg, amicus curiae, for Pa. State Educ. Assoc.

Michael I. Levin, Cleckner & Fearen, Blue Bell, amicus curiae, for Pa. School Boards Assoc.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The School District of the City of Pittsburgh appeals from an order of the Commonwealth Court affirming, and modifying in part, a decision of the Secretary of Education (Secretary) which reversed the School Board's dismissal of appellees, David J. Belasco (Belasco) and Edward R. Powers (Powers), as professional employees and reinstated them to their respective teaching positions in the appellant School District. At issue...

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