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· 6/26/1961

DeVito v. Civil Service Commission

Citations

  • 404 Pa. 354

How courts have described this case

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  • law enforcement agencies are exempted from the statutory ban on the administration of polygraph examinations
  • law enforcement agencies are exempted from the statutory ban on the administration of polygraph examinations
  • officer could not be dismissed for \just cause\ since nothing in any relevant regulations requiring him to take the test
  • officer could not be dismissed for “just cause” since nothing in any relevant regulations requiring him to take the test
  • Philadelphia police officer's refusal to take a polygraph test was held not to constitute \just cause\ for dismissal under civil service regulations requiring such cause for dismissal
  • Philadelphia police officer’s refusal to take a polygraph test was held not to constitute “just cause” for dismissal under civil service regulations requiring such cause for dismissal

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Judges: Jones, Bell, Musmanno, Cohen, Bok, Eagen

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