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PA. STATE ASS'N OF COUNTY COM'RS v. COM.

545 Pa. 324 (1996)

681 A.2d 699

PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, County of Allegheny, County of Bucks, County of Cumberland, County of Dauphin, County of Erie, County of Forest, County of Fulton, County of Monroe, County of Snyder, County of Tioga, Petitioners, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania; Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, General Assembly; Mark S. Schweiker in his Official Capacity as President Pro-Tempore of the Pennsylvania Senate and Matthew J. Ryan in his Official Capacity as Speaker of the House of Representatives, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 26, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Knupp, Harrisburg, Douglas E. Hill, Executive Director, Pennsylvania State Association of City Commissioners, Anthony T. McBeth, Harrisburg, for Petitioners.

Ernest D. Preate, Jr., Attorney General, Gregory Neuhauser, Senior Deputy Attorney General, for Respondents.

C. Clark Hodgson, Jr., Stradley, Ronon, Stevens & Young, Philadelphia, for Pennsylvania General Assembly, Mark S. Singel & H. William DeWeese.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO and NEWMAN, JJ.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

In furtherance of the decision entered in Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners, et al. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, et al., it is hereby ordered

1. Senior Judge (former Justice) Frank J. Montemuro, Jr. is appointed as the master to prepare recommendations to the Supreme Court as to the implementation of a unified judicial system.

2. In order to...

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