Legal Opinion

In Re Prohibition of Political Activities by Court-Appointed Employees

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided July 1, 1977No. 3788 and 3794 Miscellaneous Docket; 405 Misc. Docket 21PublishedCited by 25 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

2Per curiam

We have before us three petitions seeking exemption from directives issued on behalf of this Court which prohibit political activity by certain court-appointed employees.1 Since the petitions, save for one aspect of *558that of petitioner Kaminski, raise essentially the same issues, they will be considered together.

On March 3, 1976, the Court Administrator of Pennsylvania, the Honorable Alexander F. Barbieri, sent to all judges and justices of the peace in the Commonwealth a memorandum advising that partisan political activities by persons employed by judges or justices of the…

3Cited by25 opinions

  1. In Re CicchettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
  2. In re Act 147 of 1990Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
  3. County of Luzerne v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
  4. In Re StoutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Snyder v. Commonwealth, Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985

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