Class of Two Hundred Administrative Faculty Members v. Scanlon

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This is an appeal from the order of the Commonwealth Court, 64 Pa.Cmwlth. 387, 440 A.2d 1264, which dismissed appellants’ petition for review, in the nature of an action in mandamus, on the basis of the equitable defense of laches.

Appellants are administrative faculty members of various state colleges and one university in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1 As administrative faculty members, appellants perform primarily administrative functions and possess titles such as inter alia: college registrar, director of financial aid, and dean of men/women. In contrast, academic…