Barbieri v. THORNBURGH

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

By a petition for declaratory judgment filed February 22, 1979, which we regard and act upon as a petition for review in the nature of declaratory judgment, Pa. R.A.P. 1501, 1503, the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania asserts that a question has been raised as to when vacancies which will occur at the end of the elective terms of office of Chief Justice Michael J. Eagen and Associate Justice Henry X. O’Brien are to be filled, which in turn, depending upon resolution of this issue, brings into issue the appointive power of the Governor.

As our original…