IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA
MIDDLE DISTRICT
MICHAEL RENNER, : No. 851 MAL 2018
:
Petitioner :
: Petition for Allowance of Appeal from
: the Order of the Commonwealth Court
v. :
:
:
THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF :
LEHIGH COUNTY, COUNTY OF :
LEHIGH, JOHN J. SIKORA AND MARK :
SUROVY, :
:
Respondents
ORDER
PER CURIAM
AND NOW, this 2nd day of July, 2019, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is
GRANTED. The issues, as stated by Petitioner, are:
(1) Did the Legislature intend for the Unified Judicial System to be within the
definition of “employer” under the Pennsylvania Human Relations Law, and
therefore abrogated its sovereign immunity as stated in the en banc
decision in County of Allegheny v. Wilcox, 465 A.2d 47 (Pa. Cmwth.
1983)[?]
(2) Does the application of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Act to the
Unified Judicial System violate separation of powers so long as the Human
Relations Commission neither investigates nor adjudicates the complaint of
discrimination, as this Court held in Ct. of Com. Pleas of Erie County (6th
Jud. Dist.), Juv. Probation Dept. v. Pennsylvania Human Rel. Commn., 682
A.2d 1246 (Pa. 1996) and First Jud. Dist. of Pennsylvania v. Pennsylvania
Human Rel. Comm’n., 727 A.2d 1110 (Pa. 1999)?