O'CONNOR v. PHILADELPHIA BD. OF ETHICS

No. 1 EAP 2014

105 A.3d 1217 (2014)

Cozen O'CONNOR, Appellant v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA BOARD OF ETHICS and City of Philadelphia and the Honorable Robert A. Brady and Friends of Bob Brady, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 15, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jared Dimock Bayer, Esq. , Stephen A. Cozen, Esq. , Cozen O'Connor, Harrisburg, Adam Craig Bonin, Esq. , Philadelphia, for Cozen O'Connor.

Stephen D. Brown, Esq. , Elisa Talora Wiygul, Esq. , Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, for City of Philadelphia Board of Ethics.

Richard Gerson Feder, Esq. , City of Philadelphia Law Department, for City of Philadelphia.

Robert A. Brady, pro se.

Friends of Bob Brady, pro se.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

The primary issue in this appeal is whether a law firm's post-election forgiveness of a political campaign committee's unpaid legal fees, which were incurred due to the firm's representation of a candidate in a ballot challenge, is subject to the contribution limitations established in the Philadelphia Campaign...

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