Opinion
Received for publication Sept. 6, 1996.
Arlin M. Adams, Carl A. Solano, Charles P. Hehmeyer, Schnader, Harrison, Segal Lewis, Philadelphia, for Honorable Edward J. Bradley in Nos. 119 122.
Richard J. Gold, 1st Deputy City Solicitor, Philadelphia, for Honorable W. Wilson Goode in No. 119.
Robert C. Heim, Dechert, Price Rhoads, Philadelphia, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania State Association of County Com'n.
Gregory R. Neuhasuer, Senior Deputy Attorney General, Harrisburg, Andrew H. Cline, Office of the General Counsel, Harrisburg, for Hon. Casey Hon. Hershock in Nos. 119 122.
C. Clark Hodgson, Jr., Stradley, Ronon, Stevens Young, Philadelphia, for Hon. Singel, Irvis General Assebly in Nos. 119 122.
Calvin R. Koons, Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, for Comm. of Pa. in Nos. 119 122.
Seymour Kurland, Richard J. Gold, City Solicitor's Office, Philadelphia, for W. Wilson Goode, et al. in No. 122.
Edmund B. Spaeth, Jr., David Castro, Pepper, Hamilton Scheetz, Philadelphia, G. Thomas Miller, McNeese, Wallace Nurick, Harrisburg, J. Frank McKenna, III, Thorp, Reed Armstrong, Pittsburgh, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvanian for Modern Courts.
Robert L. Knupp, Esquire, Knupp Kodak, P.C., Harrisburg, Solicitor for Pennsylvania State Association of County Commissioners.
Morey M. Myers, General Counsel, Andrew H. Cline, Timothy D. Searchinger, Deputy General Counsel, Office of General Counsel, Harrisburg, for Governor Casey Hershock, Secty. of the Budget.
Appeal Nos. 119 122 E.D., Appeal Docket 1988 from Order of Commonwealth Court, No. 1573 C.D. 1988. John A. MacPhail, J.
ORDER:
AND NOW, this 1st day of December, 1988, the order of the Commonwealth Court, dated September 19, 1988, at No. 1832 C.D. 1988 is hereby affirmed and the City of Philadelphia is directed to immediately appropriate the reasonable and necessary funding to the Philadelphia Court System, since the mandate of County of Allegheny v. Commonwealth, 517 Pa. 65, 534 A.2d 760 (1987), upon which the City relies, did not relieve the City of Philadelphia of its obligation to fund the Philadelphia Court System during the fiscal year 1988-89.