Legal Opinion

Pennsylvania State Ass'n of County Commissioners v. Commonwealth

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided September 26, 2012PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*1215 OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

On July 26, 1996, this Court filed an opinion granting mandamus relief and ordering the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to “enact a funding scheme for the court system on or before January 1, 1998.” Pennsylvania State Ass’n. of County Comm’rs. v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, 545 Pa. 324, 681 A.2d 699, 701 (1996) (“PSACC ”). That directive was in furtherance of the Court’s prior holding “that the statutory scheme for county funding of the judicial system is in conflict with the intent clearly expressed in the constitution that the judicial…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. M'culloch v. State of MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1819
  2. Commonwealth v. StarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Ayala v. Philadelphia Board of Public EducationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
  4. Randall v. SorrellSupreme Court of the United States · 2006
  5. Stilp v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006

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3Cited by12 opinions

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  4. Pennsylvania Environmental Defense Foundation v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
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