Legal Opinion
In Re Dobson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 7, 1987No. 516PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NIX, Chief Justice.
The purpose of this opinion is to explain our decisions denying relief to the petitioners in the above-captioned cases. Those matters concerned the applicability of this Court’s order of June 29, 1987, barring court-appointed employees from engaging in partisan political activity. 1
Our order of June 29, 1987, reaffirmed and provided guidelines for this Court’s already-existent prohibition against political activity by persons employed in the judicial system. Pursuant to the express terms of the 1987 order and guidelines, which were to take effect thirty days after…
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Thompson v. MorrisonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1945
- Kremer v. State Ethics CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Specter v. MoakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1973
- In Re Prohibition of Political Activities by Court-Appointed EmployeesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- In re DobsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
3Cited by13 opinions
- Commonwealth v. MelvinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth v. MockaitisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- In Re CicchettiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- County of Luzerne v. Unemployment Compensation Board of ReviewCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992
- In Re StoutSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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