Ruano v. Barbieri

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

Petitioner, William J. Ruano, Esquire, has filed a petition for review in the nature of a complaint in equity and for declaratory judgment. Petitioner seeks to have this Court (a) determine the vitality and constitutionality of Section 205 of the Magisterial District Reform Act (Reform Act),1 42 P.S. §2205, and (b) order respondents to register him as a “qualified retired district justice” under the provisions of that section.

The material facts of this case are not in dispute. On November 21, 1977, petitioner was appointed and commissioned as a district…