GLANCEY v. COM. STATE EMP. RET. BD.


530 Pa. 481 (1992)

610 A.2d 15

Joseph R. GLANCEY, William Porter & Julian F. King, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania STATE EMPLOYES' RETIREMENT BOARD, Appellee. Thomas N. SHIOMOS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania STATE EMPLOYES' RETIREMENT BOARD.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 18, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Rogers Carroll, Philadelphia, for Glancey.

Stephen P. Gallagher, Philadelphia, for Porter.

James E. Beasley, Barbara R. Axelrod, Philadelphia, for King.

Abbott A. Leban, Philadelphia, for appellee.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, III, Philadelphia, for Shiomos.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, PAPADAKOS and CAPPY, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether judges removed from office for disciplinary reasons, pursuant to Article V, Section 18 of the Pennsylvania Constitution, automatically forfeit their pension benefits by virtue of Article V, Section 16(b).

For the reasons set out as follows, we conclude that neither the history nor the language of the Constitution support a conclusion...

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