Legal Opinion
Delaware River Port Authority v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 9, 1991No. 2420 C.D. 1988PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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” must file financial interests statements (FIS). 2 The present controversy began on September 29, 1987, when one of the commissioners, Charles G. Kopp, requested…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- United States v. BekinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Henderson v. Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Agesen v. CatherwoodNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
- Eastern Paralyzed Veterans Ass'n v. City of CamdenSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1988
- Nardi v. Delaware River Port AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ballinger v. Delaware River Port AuthoritySupreme Court of New Jersey · 2002
- Ballinger v. Delaware River Port AuthorityNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1998
- Delaware River Port Authority v. Fraternal Order of PoliceDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 2001
- Hubble v. BI-STATE DEV. ILLINOIS-MISSOURIAppellate Court of Illinois · 2009
- Gillen v. Trovato, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Philadelphia County2010
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