ASS'N OF PA. STATE COLLEGE v. STATE SYS.


505 Pa. 369 (1984)

479 A.2d 962

The ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY FACULTIES, et al., Appellees, v. The STATE SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, et al., Appellants. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, etc., Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, et al., Appellants. JOINT BARGAINING COMMITTEE OF the PENNSYLVANIA SOCIAL SERVICES UNION, et al., Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, et al., Appellants. Dennis J. SOLECKI, et al., Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 6, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Kutz, Allen C. Warshaw, Deputy Attys. Gen., for appellants.

Bruce M. Ludwig, Richard Kirschner, Philadelphia, for appellee Joint Bargaining Committee.

Elliot A. Strokoff, Harrisburg, for appellee Ass'n of Pa. State College, et al.

Stuart W. Davidson, Philadelphia, for appellee AFSCME.

Anthony C. Busillo, II, Harrisburg, for appellee John T. Long, et al.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.


OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court declaring unconstitutional and permanently enjoining the enforcement of an amendment to the State Employees' Retirement Code ("Code"), 71 Pa.C.S. § 5101 et seq., requiring each member of the State Employees' Retirement System ("System") to contribute an additional one and one-quarter percent (1 ¼%) of his or her wages to the System's Retirement Fund...

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