COPELAND v. TOWNSHIP OF NEWTOWN


147 Pa.Commw. 463 (1992)

608 A.2d 601

Silas S. COPELAND, Appellant, v. TOWNSHIP OF NEWTOWN, Appellee.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 27, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S. Stanton Miller, for appellant.

Robert J. Sugarman, for appellee.

Before McGINLEY and SMITH (P.), JJ., and NARICK, Senior Judge.


NARICK, Senior Judge.

Silas S. Copeland (Officer Copeland) appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County affirming the Township of Newtown Board of Supervisor's (Board) one-day suspension of Officer Copeland. We reverse.

The facts as found by the Board are summarized as follows. On January 10, 1991, Officer Copeland and Sergeant Neilsen arrived at a pizza parlor where an alleged assault had occurred. Two women, who had witnessed the...

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