Newhouse v. Board of Pensions

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

This is'an appeal by the Board of Pensions and Betirement of the City of Philadelphia and the City of Philadelphia (Appellants) from an adverse decision by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.

In September of 1968, the Appellees, Joseph H. Newhouse, Harry J. Foster, and Vincent Varallo (now deceased), commenced a class action in mandamus to compel the City of Philadelphia to compute the pensions of Official Court Stenographers on the basis of both théir base annual salaries and their transcription fees and to accept contributions into a pension fund with…