BALLOU v. STATE ETHICS COMMISSION


496 Pa. 127 (1981)

436 A.2d 186

Richard D. BALLOU, v. STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 30, 1981.

Application for Reargument Denied December 1, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandra S. Christianson, Harrisburg, for appellants.

Bruce A. Rosenfield, Philadelphia, for amicus curiae.

Victor L. Drexel, Philadelphia, Stephen G. Bresset, Asst. Dist. Atty., William S. Rawls, Gregg H.S. Golden, Gwendolyn T. Mosley, Deputy Dist. Attys., for appellee.

Michael I. Levin, Harrisburg, for amicus curiae.

Before ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, and KAUFFMAN, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellee, attorney Richard D. Ballou, is a private practitioner who has among his clients four second class townships, a borough, a county coroner and an industrial development authority. On April 29, 1980, appellee filed a petition in the Commonwealth Court for declaratory and injunctive relief from the application of the financial disclosure requirements of the Ethics Act, 65 P.S. § 401 et seq. (Supp. 1981-82...

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