Opinion

Packler v. State Employes' Retirement Board

  • 487 Pa. 51
  • 408 A.2d 1091
  • 1979 Pa. LEXIS 793
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Dec 21, 1979
Status
Published
Author
Larsen
On the bench
Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Manderino, Larsen, Flaherty
Cited by
8 cases

mandamus action dismissed because of failure to exhaust adequate and appropriate statutorily mandated administrative hearing and appeal process

How later courts described this case

  • mandamus action dismissed because of failure to exhaust adequate and appropriate statutorily mandated administrative hearing and appeal process
  • existence of adequate statutory remedy deprives court of jurisdiction over an action in mandamus

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

LARSEN, Justice,

dissenting.

I dissent; we should reach the merits of this “long drawn-out” case. We will all be old when this case is finally *55 determined. This case has been heard by this Court twice on non-merit issues.

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