Legal Opinion
Alcaraz v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 21, 1998No. 0014 M.D. Appeal Docket 1997PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
NEWMAN, Justice.
This case presents the issue of whether the Borough of Palo Alto (the Borough) has the duty to engage in collective bargaining with a single-member police department pursuant to the provisions of the Collective Bargaining for Policemen and Firemen’s Act, Act of June 24, 1968, P.L. 237, No. Ill, as amended, 43 P.S. § 217.1, et seq. (Act 111).1
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Philip M. Alcaraz (Alcaraz) began working full-time as the Chief of Police for the Borough in 1982. He was the only police officer in the employ of the Borough and…
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2Cases cited4 opinions
- Philadelphia Fire Officers Ass'n v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Operating Engineers Pension Trust v. Beck Engineering & Surveying Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- National Labor Relations Board v. Transamerican Freight Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1960
- Alcaraz v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
3Cited by5 opinions
- Borough v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Varner v. Commonwealth, Department of Public WelfareSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Alcaraz v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Bristol Twp. v. PLRBCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
- Chambersburg Borough v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations BoardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2016