# Housing Authority of Chester v. Pennsylvania State Civil Service Commission

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · April 30, 1999 · 556 Pa. 621

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4956482

## Case

- **Full name:** HOUSING AUTHORITY OF the COUNTY OF CHESTER, Appellee/Cross-Appellant v. PENNSYLVANIA STATE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, Appellant/Cross-Appellee
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** April 30, 1999
- **Citations:** 556 Pa. 621; 730 A.2d 935; 1999 Pa. LEXIS 1276
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Saylor
- **Judges:** Cappy, Castille, Flaherty, Newman, Nigro, Saylor, Zappala
- **Cited by:** 96 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that the veterans’ preference policy outlined in the Commission’s management directive “reflect[s] the will of the legislature that veterans be given mandatory preference in appointment when their names appear together with those of non-veterans on a list of eligibles”
- holding that “in determining legislative intent, all sections of a statute must be read together and in conjunction with each other, and construed with reference to the entire statute”

## Opinion text

SAYLOR, Justice,
concurring.
I join the majority’s opinion save for its discussion of standing in Section I. In my view, an assessment of the Commission’s ability to enforce the veteran’s preference provisions of the Military Affairs Act does not implicate principles of standing, but merely the authority of the Commission under its enabling legislation, the Civil Service Act.

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