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IN RE DOBSON

517 Pa. 19 (1987)

534 A.2d 460

In re Marjorie L. DOBSON. Petition of Marjorie L. DOBSON. In re PROHIBITED POLITICAL ACTIVITY BY COURT APPOINTED EMPLOYEES. (Two Cases) Petition of Joseph A. PANUCCI. Petition of Gerald MATTHEWS.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 7, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin F.P. Vinci, III, Lewis, Vinci & Partel, Coraopolis, Thomas J. Michael, Gallo, Weiner & Michael, Pittsburgh, for Marjorie L. Dobson.

Vincent A. Tucceri, Gaitens, Tucceri & Nicholas, P.C., Pittsburgh, and Robert T. Crothers, Peacock, Keller, Yohe, Day & Ecker, Washington, Barbara A. Rizzo, for Prohibited Political Activity by Court Appointed Employees.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

The purpose of this opinion is to explain our decisions denying relief to the petitioners in the above-captioned cases. Those matters concerned the applicability of this Court's order of June 29, 1987, barring court-appointed employees from engaging in partisan political activity.1

Our order of June 29, 1987, reaffirmed and provided guidelines for this...

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