Trial courts must give deference to local civil service commission decisions where no new evidence is presented on appeal, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled, clarifying an issue that has been muddied by decades of conflicting case law.
In Johnson v. Lansdale Borough, the justices unanimously ruled that the standard of review for trial courts handling municipal civil service commission appeals is governed by Section 754(b) of the Local Agency Law, which requires deference to local officials’ decisions regarding municipal employees.
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