BLACKWELL v. COM. STATE ETHICS COM'N


527 Pa. 172 (1991)

589 A.2d 1094

Honorable Lucien BLACKWELL, Member City Council of Philadelphia, Honorable David Cohen, Member City Council of Philadelphia and Honorable Francis Rafferty, Member City Council of Philadelphia, Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, Appellant. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, Appellant, v. Helen L.P. ANDERSON, et al., Appellees. M.P., an Undisclosed Elected Official, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, Appellee. WEST SHORE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. PENNSYLVANIA LABOR RELATIONS BOARD and Those Persons Purporting to Act on Behalf of Such an Entity and West Shore Education Association, Appellee. Honorable Lucien BLACKWELL, Member of City Council of Philadelphia, Honorable David Cohen, Member City Council of Philadelphia, Honorable Francis Rafferty, Member City Council of Philadelphia, Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Re-argued October 23, 1990.

Decided March 28, 1991.


OPINION OF THE COURT

LARSEN, Justice.

In this appeal by the Commonwealth State Ethics Commission (Commission) the issue before us is whether our decision filed in this case on December 13, 1989, (Blackwell v. Commonwealth State Ethics Commission, 523 Pa. 347, 567 A.2d 630 (Blackwell II)), should be given retroactive or prospective application. We hold that that decision is to...

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