# County of Lehigh v. Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · April 3, 1985 · 507 Pa. 270

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9516312

## Case

- **Full name:** COUNTY OF LEHIGH, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Appellee, and the Pennsylvania Social Services Union, Local 668, Service Employees International Union, Intervenor-Appellee
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** April 3, 1985
- **Citations:** 507 Pa. 270; 489 A.2d 1325; 1985 Pa. LEXIS 344
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Larsen
- **Judges:** Larsen, Zappala, Nix, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson, Papadakos
- **Cited by:** 43 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding that "the county commissioners are clearly charged with the responsibility of representing the judges' managerial interests, as well as their own, in contract negotiations with court-'appointed employees.”
- stating that county commissioners “must consult” with the judges to ascertain whether a proposal in a CBA, such as a shorter work day, increased vacation time, or additional paid holidays in return for a smaller wage increase, would affect the administration of justice

## Opinion text

LARSEN, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the result reached by the majority based upon the stipulation of the parties that judicial secretaries are confidential employees. Notes of Testimony, January 31, 1979 at 321-22, Reproduced record at 71a-72a.

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