SHIOMOS v. STATE EMP. RETIREMENT BD.


533 Pa. 588 (1993)

626 A.2d 158

Thomas N. SHIOMOS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania STATE EMPLOYES' RETIREMENT BOARD, Appellee. Thomas N. SHIOMOS, Appellant, v. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS, Appellee. Bernard SNYDER, Appellant, v. ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICE OF PENNSYLVANIA COURTS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 4, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Jeffrey B. Clay, Acting Chief Counsel, Nicholas Joseph Marcucci, Deputy, Irene Mary Chiavaroli, Asst. Counsel, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

In the present action this Court is asked to declare the Public Employee Pension Forfeiture Act2, as applied to appellant Shiomos, an unconstitutional impairment of contract under Article 1, Section 17 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.3 (Hereinafter the Forfeiture Act shall be referred to as Act 140). We reject appellant's challenge to the constitutionality of...

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