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COM. EX REL. BRADLEY v. PENN. LABOR

479 Pa. 440 (1978)

388 A.2d 736

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania ex rel. Edward J. BRADLEY (President Judge acting individually and on behalf of all the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia), Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD and Raymond L. Scheib and Joseph J. Licastro and James H. Jones, Respondents, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren M. Laddon, Philadelphia, for appellants at No. 366.

James F. Wildeman, James L. Crawford, Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania Labor Relations Bd.

Richard Kirschner, Philadelphia, for intervenor, AFLCIO.

Marvin Comisky, Alan C. Gershenson, Kenneth F. Kahn, Andrea B. Wapner, Philadelphia, Jonathan Vipond, III, Harrisburg, for Admn. Office of Pa. Courts.

Morton Meyers, Johnstown, for Judges of Cambria County.

Charles N. Sweet, Morrisville, for County of Bucks.

Stephen A. Sheller, Philadelphia, for Pa. Social Services Union.

Robert Kane, Atty. Gen., for Dept. of Justice.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This appeal presents the question whether court reporters of Philadelphia are "public employes" enjoying rights under the Public Employe Relations Act (Act 195),1 and, if so, whether Act 195 unconstitutionally interferes with the independence of the judiciary.2 We hold that court reporters are "public employes," and Act 195 is constitutional.

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