Legal Opinion
Goodheart v. Thornburgh
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 6, 1987No. 3255 C.D. 1986PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
President Judge Crumlish, Jr.
The Honorable Bernard J. Goodheart, representing himself, an association, and five other judges of the common pleas court (petitioners) have filed a petition for review in the nature of a complaint in mandamus and for a declaratory judgment. Petitioners ask this Court to declare unconstitutional those portions of the State Employees’ Retirement Code of 1974, 71 Pa. C. S. §§5101-5956 (1974 Code), which eliminated certain provisions of the State Employees’ Retirement Code of 1959. They also seek a writ of mandamus to compel the appropriation of adequate…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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3Cited by11 opinions
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