DEL. RIVER PORT AUTH. v. ETHICS COM'N


137 Pa.Commw. 170 (1991)

585 A.2d 587

The DELAWARE RIVER PORT AUTHORITY, The Honorable Barbara G. Jones, and The Honorable William K. Dickey, Commissioners of the Delaware River Port Authority, Petitioners, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 9, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Elliott, with him, Brian P. Kenney and Frederick P. Santarelli, Elliott, Bray & Riley, Philadelphia, for petitioners.

Vincent J. Dopko, Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent.

Before CRAIG, President Judge, and DOYLE, PALLADINO, McGINLEY, PELLEGRINI, KELLEY and BYER, JJ.


KELLEY, Judge.

In this original jurisdiction action, the Delaware River Port Authority (authority) seeks a declaratory judgment that the State Ethics Commission Act (Ethics Act)1 does not apply to the authority, its officers, commissioners or employees. The authority has moved for judgment on the pleadings, which we now grant.

Section 404 of the Ethics Act requires that "each public employee and public official of the Commonwealth...

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