City of Easton v. American Federation of State

756 A.2d 1107 (2000)

CITY OF EASTON, Appellant,

v.

AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, LOCAL 447, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted January 31, 2000.

Decided August 21, 2000.

Theresa Hogan, Easton, for City of Easton.

Wendy Chierici, Samuel L. Spear, Spear, Wilderman, Borish, Endy, Spear and Runckel, Philadelphia, for AFSCME.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

At issue in the instant appeal is whether the Commonwealth Court erred in affirming the decision of the Court of Common…