Case Name: Edward COOK, President, County Commission of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; John Reese, Mayor, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania; Martin J. Todd, President, Board of Trustees, Locust Mountain State General Hospital, Pennsylvania: Honorable James J. Rhoades, Senator, 29th Senatorial District, Pennsylvania; Honorable Edward J. Lucyk, Representative, 123d House District; Donald C. Michaels, Taxpayer; Council 13, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, by its Trustee ad Litem, Gerald W. McEntee, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania; Honorable Richard Thornburgh, Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Department of Public Welfare; Helen B. O'Bannon, Secretary of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-12-17
Citations: 496 Pa. 419
Docket Number: Appeal No. 81-3-455
Parties: Edward COOK, President, County Commission of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; John Reese, Mayor, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania; Martin J. Todd, President, Board of Trustees, Locust Mountain State General Hospital, Pennsylvania: Honorable James J. Rhoades, Senator, 29th Senatorial District, Pennsylvania; Honorable Edward J. Lucyk, Representative, 123d House District; Donald C. Michaels, Taxpayer; Council 13, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, by its Trustee ad Litem, Gerald W. McEntee, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania; Honorable Richard Thornburgh, Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Department of Public Welfare; Helen B. O’Bannon, Secretary of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 496
Pages: 419–420

Head Matter:
437 A.2d 944
Edward COOK, President, County Commission of Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania; John Reese, Mayor, Shenandoah, Pennsylvania; Martin J. Todd, President, Board of Trustees, Locust Mountain State General Hospital, Pennsylvania: Honorable James J. Rhoades, Senator, 29th Senatorial District, Pennsylvania; Honorable Edward J. Lucyk, Representative, 123d House District; Donald C. Michaels, Taxpayer; Council 13, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, by its Trustee ad Litem, Gerald W. McEntee, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania; Honorable Richard Thornburgh, Governor, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania; Department of Public Welfare; Helen B. O’Bannon, Secretary of Public Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Oct. 27, 1981.
Decided Dec. 17, 1981.
Richard Kirschner and Alaine S. Williams, Philadelphia, for appellants.
David H. Allshouse, Deputy Atty. Gen., for appellee.
Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.

Opinion:
DECREE
PER CURIAM:
Decree affirmed. Each party to bear own costs. 61 Pa.Cmwlth. 152,432 A.2d 1139.