Opinion

Pennsylvania State Board of Medical Education v. Schireson

  • 360 Pa. 129
  • 61 A.2d 343
  • 1948 Pa. LEXIS 477
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Jul 6, 1948
Status
Published
Author
Linn
On the bench
Maxey, Drew, Linn, Stern, Patterson, Jones, Stearne
Cited by
53 cases

delay of thirty-four years in instituting decertification proceedings against licensed medical practitioner raised presumption of practitioner's innocence of charges

How later courts described this case

  • delay of thirty-four years in instituting decertification proceedings against licensed medical practitioner raised presumption of practitioner's innocence of charges
  • delay of 34 years in instituting decertification proceedings against medical practitioner raised presumption of practitioner's innocence of charges

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Justice Linn:

I dissent on the ground that there is substantial evidence to support the findings of the administrative

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board. The opinion of tbe court below, written by Judge Richards, clearly shows this. It is not the duty of this. court to reweigh the evidence and sit as a super-adminis-1 trative board.

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