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[J-98-2009] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.

COUNCIL 13, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, BY ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM, DAVID R. FILLMAN; AND RICHARD CONWAY; SAMUEL DEITCH; RANDY LASH; ROBENNA MITCHELL; AND PENNSYLVANIA SOCIAL SERVICES UNION, LOCAL 688 OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, BY ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM, KATHY JELLISON AND FEDERATION OF STATE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS, AFT, LOCAL 2382, BY ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM, STEPHEN FISHER,

: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : Appellants : : v. : : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; : THE HONORABLE EDWARD G. : RENDELL, GOVERNOR OF THE : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; : NAOMI WYATT, SECRETARY OF : ADMINISTRATION; MARY A. : SODERBERG, SECRETARY OF : BUDGET; AND ROBIN, L. WIESSMANN, : TREASURER OF THE : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : : Appellees : : : :

No. 60 MAP 2008

Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court dated July 23, 2008 at No. 322 MD 2008

954 A.2d 706 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2008)

ARGUED: September 16, 2009

COUNCIL 13, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY, AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO, BY ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM, DAVID R. FILLMAN; AND RICHARD CONWAY; SAMUEL DEITCH; RANDY LASH; ROBENNA MITCHELL; AND PENNSYLVANIA SOCIAL SERVICES UNION, LOCAL 688 OF THE SERVICE EMPLOYEES INTERNATIONAL UNION, BY ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM, KATHY JELLISON AND FEDERATION OF STATE CULTURAL AND EDUCATIONAL PROFESSIONALS, AFT, LOCAL 2382, BY ITS TRUSTEE AD LITEM, STEPHEN FISHER,

: : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : v. : : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; : THE HONORABLE EDWARD G. : RENDELL, GOVERNOR OF THE : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; : NAOMI WYATT, SECRETARY OF : ADMINISTRATION; MARY A. : SODERBERG, SECRETARY OF : BUDGET, AND ROBIN, L. : WIESSMANN, TREASURER OF THE : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA : : CROSS APPEAL OF: : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; : THE HONORABLE EDWARD G. : RENDELL, GOVERNOR OF THE : COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; : NAOMI WYATT, SECRETARY OF : ADMINISTRATION; MARY A. : SODERBERG, SECRETARY OF BUDGET

66 MAP 2008

Appeal from the Order of the Commonwealth Court dated July 23, 2008 at No. 322 MD 2008

954 A.2d 706 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2008)

ARGUED: September 16, 2009

OPINION

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MR. CHIEF JUSTICE CASTILLE

DECIDED: December 28, 2009

We consider here whether the Commonwealth Court correctly declared that Article III, Section 24 of the Pennsylvania Constitution ("Section 24"), PA. CONST. art. III,

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