ROGERS ET AL. v. ST. ETHICS COMM.

No. 337 C.D. 1982.

80 Pa.Commw. 43 (1984)

James C. Rogers and Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Petitioners v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, State Ethics Commission, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

January 30, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Campbell, Jr., Campbell, Spitzer, Davis & Turgeon, with him W.E. Shissler, Nauman, Smith, Shissler & Hall, for petitioners.

Sandra S. Christianson, General Counsel, for respondent.

Argued May 11, 1983, before President Judge CRUMLISH, JR. and Judges WILLIAMS, JR. and BARBIERI, sitting as a panel of three.


OPINION BY PRESIDENT JUDGE CRUMLISH, JR., January 30, 1984:

James Rogers, a certified public accountant, and the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants appeal an opinion of the State Ethics Commission, which held that a certified public accountant who is appointed auditor of a municipality is a "public official" under the Act of October 4, 1978 (Ethics Act), P.L. 883, 65 P.S. §401-413. We reverse.

Rogers requested an opinion from the Commission...

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