# Office of Administration v. State Employees' Retirement Board > Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · August 3, 2016 · 163 A.3d 395 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4021708 ## Case - **Full name:** OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION and Pennsylvania State Police, Petitioners v. STATE EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT BOARD, Respondent. Bruce A. Edwards, Joseph R. Kovel, Joseph E. Sarkis, PA State Troopers Association, Intervenors - **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania - **Decided:** August 3, 2016 - **Citations:** 163 A.3d 395; 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1698; 2016 WL 7011702 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Opinion - **Judges:** Per Curiam - **Cited by:** 2 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases. - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4021708 ## Opinion text IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT M.D. Appeal Dkt. 77 MAP 2016 OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION AND : No. 76 MAL 2016 PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, : : Petitioners : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Commonwealth Court : v. : : : STATE EMPLOYEES' RETIREMENT : BOARD, : : Respondent : : BRUCE A. EDWARDS, JOSESPH R. : KOVEL, JOSEPH E. SARKIS, PA STATE : TROOPERS ASSOCIATION, : : Intervenors : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 3rd day of August, 2016, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as framed by Petitioners, is as follows: Did [the] Commonwealth Court erroneously affirm the decision of the State Employees’ Retirement Board that union stipends, paid to union officers to work exclusively for the union, are retirement-covered compensation, when that decision was clearly contrary to the mandates of the State Employees’ Retirement Code and inconsistent with decisions of this Honorable Court? --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/4021708. Public record. Not legal advice.