# Petition of Blake

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · June 27, 1991 · 527 Pa. 456

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9760514

## Case

- **Full name:** In Re Petition of Hon. Edward J. BLAKE, President Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas, Individually, on Behalf Of, and With the Board of Judges, Consisting of Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia for Relief From the Order of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Dated December 19, 1990 and From Actions Taken or Which May Be Taken Pursuant Thereto by Hon. Nicholas P. Papadakos and Hon. Ralph J. Cappy
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** June 27, 1991
- **Citations:** 527 Pa. 456; 593 A.2d 1267; 1991 Pa. LEXIS 139
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Flaherty
- **Judges:** Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy
- **Cited by:** 12 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- discussing Directive of April 14,1986

## Opinion text

FLAHERTY, Justice,
concurring.
I write only to state that the position of the petitioners was presented with what legal authority could be mustered in support of it, and, after intense judicial consideration, was deemed totally without merit and frivolous by a majority of the court, including the chief justice who joined the adjudication of denial. Oral argument before this court is not by right and most matters are resolved without it. In fact a matter on the miscellaneous docket is seldom afforded oral argument; thus the statement that somehow the court has circumvented the “customary procedure” is inaccurate. A “hearing” is not necessary to establish a factual basis for reform since the data is available to the court in *463 the course of its administrative function and is widely known and publicized.
Every effort to reform the court system in Philadelphia has met with resistance, and it appears this effort is no exception.
PAPADAKOS, J., joins in this concurring opinion.

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