DENONCOURT ET AL. v. STATE ETHICS COMM.

No. 2793 C.D. 1981.

73 Pa.Commw. 59 (1983)

Ann Denoncourt, Donald Tinsman, Linda T. Butler and Rudolph E. Butler, Jr., Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State Ethics Commission, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

March 21, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael I. Levin, Cleckner and Fearen, for petitioners.

Sandra S. Christianson, General Counsel, for respondent.

Argued November 16, 1982, before Judges ROGERS, BLATT, WILLIAMS, JR. and MacPHAIL.


OPINION BY JUDGE BLATT, March 21, 1983:

In this original jurisdiction case, the petitioners1 are challenging the constitutionality of the Act of October 4, 1978 (Act), P.L. 883, 65 P.S. §§ 401-413. They argue that requiring disclosure of the financial interests of a public official's immediate family, Section 5 of the Act, 65 P.S. § 405, violates the constitutional right of privacy of the family members, and that subjecting...

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