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COM., EX REL. JIULIANTE v. COUNTY OF ERIE

540 Pa. 376 (1995)

657 A.2d 1245

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, ex rel. Hon. Jessamine JIULIANTE, individually and on behalf of the judges of the Erie County Court of Common Pleas, Sixth Judicial District, Appellants v. The COUNTY OF ERIE and Judith Lynch, County Executive of Erie County, and Ronald Komorek, Director of Finance of Erie County, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 15, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry T. Reath, Duane, Morris & Heckscher, William J. Kelly, Philadelphia, for appellants.

Francis J. Catania, Stephen A. Wydrzynski, Sprague & Sprague, Media, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Conference of State Trial Judges.

Clifford A. Rieders, Williamsport, for Pennsylvania Bar Ass'n.

Kenneth D. Chestek, Agresti & Agresti, Erie, for appellees.

Robert L. Knupp, Knupp & Kodak, Harrisburg, for amicus curiae County Comm'rs of Pennsylvania.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS, CAPPY, CASTILLE and MONTEMURO, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This matter originated with the filing of a complaint in mandamus by Judge Jessamine Jiuliante on behalf of the judges of the Erie County Court of Common Pleas against the County of Erie to recover attorney's fees accrued during litigation involving the applicability of an anti-nepotism policy to court-related employees. Senior Judge Breene of the Venango County Court of Common Pleas, who was appointed by this Court to preside...

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