BD. OF JUDGES, ETC. v. BUCKS CTY. COM'RS


479 Pa. 457 (1978)

388 A.2d 744

BOARD OF JUDGES, COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF BUCKS COUNTY, SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT of Pennsylvania, by its President Judge, Lawrence A. Monroe, Appellant, v. BUCKS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, George M. Metzger, Chairman, Bucks County Register of Wills, Bucks County Sheriff, Bucks County Clerk of Courts, Bucks County Prothonotary, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, District 88, Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 14, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Crooks, for appellants at No. 367.

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

Richard Kirschner, Philadelphia, for intervenor, AFL-CIO.

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 issue whether appellants, judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Bucks County, are a managerial representative for purposes of collective bargaining and representation proceedings under the Public Employe Relations Act (Act 195)1 involving employees of the Offices of Prothonotary, Clerk of Courts, Sheriff, and Register of...

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