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GUTHRIE v. BOROUGH OF WILKINSBURG

505 Pa. 249 (1984)

478 A.2d 1279

Keith GUTHRIE, Robert Garvin, Henry Riebold, Terrence Lockard, Robert K. Thomas, John Shook, Barry Almy and W. Gregory Ferrell, Appellants, v. The BOROUGH OF WILKINSBURG, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 28, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald P. Koerner, Gatz, Cohen, Segal & Koerner, P.A., Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Paul V. Ressler, Wilkinsburg, Vincent Restauri, Jr., Ambridge, for Borough of Wilkinsburg.

Frank P. Tuplin, Deputy Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, amici curiae.

Virginia S. Cook, Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania State Association of Boroughs.

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

OPINION

McDERMOTT, Justice.

This case tests the outer limits of what procedural rights are required under our Local Agency Law:1 whether a police officer is entitled to notice and a hearing when his employers place a letter of warning2 in his personnel file.

After receiving a number of complaints from citizens alleging abuse and mistreatment by Wilkinsburg...

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