WASHINGTON CTY. COM'RS v. PA. LABOR REL.


490 Pa. 526 (1980)

417 A.2d 164

WASHINGTON COUNTY COMMISSIONERS, Petitioner, v. PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD; Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges; and the Washington County Court of Common Pleas and President Judge Charles Sweet, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 3, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex E. Echard, Gen. Counsel, Felice Associates, Inc., Greensburg, for petitioners.

Alexander Unkovic, William Meyer, Joseph Vater, Jr., Meyer, Unkovic & Scott, Pittsburgh, for Pa. Conference of State Trial Judges.

W. Gregory, Jr., Washington, D.C., Court Administrator of Washington County, James Crawford, Pa. Labor Relations Bd., Donald A. Wallace, Harrisburg, for respondents.

Rothman, Gordon, Foreman & Groudine, Louis B. Kushner, Stephen H. Jordan, Pittsburgh, for intervenors (Service Employees International Union, Local 585, AFL-CIO).

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

KAUFFMAN, Justice.

On February 11, 1980, the Commissioners of Washington County (hereinafter "Commissioners"), filed the Petition now before us, in which they seek: (1) direct review of an order of the Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board (hereinafter "PLRB") creating two bargaining units of employees directly involved with and necessary to the functioning of the Court of Common Pleas of Washington County; (2) prohibition of allegedly...

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