# Delliponti v. DeAngelis

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · July 30, 1996 · 545 Pa. 434

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9747382

## Case

- **Full name:** Anne DELLIPONTI, Appellant, v. William DeANGELIS, Mayor; Joseph Verruni, Municipal Administrator and Borough of Norristown, Appellees
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** July 30, 1996
- **Citations:** 545 Pa. 434; 681 A.2d 1261; 1996 Pa. LEXIS 1510
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Zappala
- **Judges:** Nix, Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman
- **Cited by:** 14 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

ZAPPALA, Justice,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent and would affirm the decision of the Commonwealth Court. Appellant’s status as an at-will employee was not altered by the Borough’s failure to implement a comprehensive personnel system pursuant to the Home Rule Charter. As noted in the Commonwealth Court opinion, the failure of a legislative body to enact implementing legislation does not confer rights on the parties who would be affected by the legislation. See DeAngelis v. Delliponti, 152 Pa. Commw. 518 , 620 A.2d 35 (1993). Accordingly, because Appellant was not made a civil service employee, she did not acquire the right to continued employment and does not have a property interest in her position as Administrative Assistant.
FLAHERTY, J., joins in this dissenting opinion.

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