GULNAC v. SOUTH BUTLER SCHOOL DIST.


526 Pa. 483 (1991)

587 A.2d 699

Rebekah GULNAC, a minor and student, by John GULNAC, her parent and natural guardian, and John Gulnac in his own right; Bradley Habenicht, a minor and student, by Mary Clare Habenicht, his parent and natural guardian, and Mary Clare Habenicht in her own right; David M. Sinz, a minor and student, by David Sinz, his parent and natural guardian, and David Sinz in his own right; Amy Horne, a minor and student, by George Horne, her parent and natural guardian, and George Horne, in his own right, v. SOUTH BUTLER COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT; Directors of the South Butler County School District; Doris Antoszyk, Geraldine Freehling, Kathryn Helfer, Carl Jones, James Kennedy, Bonnie Miller, Erma Mowry, Richard Sefton and H.F. Westerman; South Butler County Education Association; and Jay Reinbolt, Ray Greco, Jacqueline Pieffer and Lynn Sontum, Officers of the South Butler Education Association, and All Unnamed Teachers and Professional Employees Who Are Employed by the South Butler County School District Who Are Members of the South Butler County School District. Appeal of SOUTH BUTLER COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION; and Jay Reinbolt, Ray Greco, Jacqueline Pieffer and Lynn Sontum, Officers of the South Butler Education Association, and All Unnamed Teachers and Professional Employees Who Are Employed by the South Butler County School District Who Are Members of the South Butler County School District.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 8, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald N. Watzman, Litman, Litman, Harris, Brown & Watzman, P.C., Daniel R. Delaney, Laubach, Fulton, Jeselnik & Delaney, Pittsburgh, for appellants.

Lynne L. Wilson, Mary Catherine Frye, Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania State Educ. Ass'n.

Louis Kushner, Alaine S. Williams, Pittsburgh, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Federation of Teachers, Pennsylvania AFL-CIO.

Calvin R. Koons, Sandra W. Stoner, Office of Atty. Gen., Harrisburg.

William D. Kemper, Richard W. Givan, Gwilyn A. Price, III, Butler, for Rebekah Gulnac, et al.

Robert W. Beilstein, Harry K. McNamee, Thomas W. King, III, Pittsburgh, for South Butler County School Dist., et al.

Stephen S. Russell, New Cumberland, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania School Boards Ass'n.

David P. Andrews, Altoona, for amicus curiae, Penn. Cambria School Dist.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

PAPADAKOS, Justice.

After having exhausted all statutory impasse procedures, Appellant, the South Butler Education Association, engaged in a work stoppage from January 16, 1989 until March 13, 1989, at which time the teachers, without a contract, voluntarily returned to work.

The South Butler County School District Board of School Directors, at no time, sought an injunction restraining the work stoppage. On or about February...

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