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LEWIS v. PHILADELPHIA CIV. SERV. COM'N

518 Pa. 170 (1988)

542 A.2d 519

Edward M. LEWIS, Appellant, v. CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, CITY OF PHILADELPHIA, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 20, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce W. Kauffman, Paul S. Diamond, Richard J. Bortnick, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Ralph J. Teti, Divisional Deputy City Sol., for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

The issue presented in this case is whether findings of the Civil Service Commission (the Commission) were supported by substantial evidence in its decision to uphold appellant's discharge from the Philadelphia Police Department.

The record of the proceedings before the Commission discloses the following. In February of 1982, the Philadelphia Police Department (the Department...

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