# Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bradley v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · July 14, 1978 · 479 Pa. 440

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9859349

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania Ex Rel. Edward J. BRADLEY (President Judge Acting Individually and on Behalf of All the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia), Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD and Raymond L. Scheib and Joseph J. Licastro and James H. Jones, Respondents, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, Intervenor
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** July 14, 1978
- **Citations:** 479 Pa. 440; 388 A.2d 736; 99 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 2490; 1978 Pa. LEXIS 771
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Manderino
- **Judges:** Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Packel
- **Cited by:** 61 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- concluding that “should collective bargaining impair the independence of the judicial function, nothing in Act 195 nor our decision in Ellenbogen prohibits courts from taking reasonable, appropriate measures to maintain their independence.”
- holding that court reporters are public employees under the Public Employe Relations Act 8 and thus are entitled to enjoy its benefits

## Opinion text

MANDERINO, Justice,
concurring.
I join in the opinion of Mr. Justice Roberts and incorporate herein my concurring opinion in Ellenbogen v. County of Allegheny; 479 Pa. 429 , 388 A.2d 730 (1978).

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