Pennsylvania Chief Justice Thomas G. Saylor has appointed five judges to serve as temporary justices on the state Supreme Court for the purpose of hearing just one case, the appeal of labor union leader John Dougherty in his defamation suit against a former newspaper columnist.
Saylor’s temporary assignments to fill spots left vacant from recusals and a retirement come despite objections from Dougherty that there was no current mechanism for the court to make such assignments.
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