Legal Opinion
Snider v. Shapp
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 31, 1979No. 55 C.D. 1979PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Wilkinson, Jr.,
On October 4, 1978, the Governor signed into law what is popularly known as the “Public Officials Ethics Law” (herein simply the Ethics Law or Act)1 proscribing certain conduct involving conflicts of interest and to that end requiring that candidates for public office, elected officials and certain appointed officials file financial disclosure statements with a State Ethics Commission (hereafter the Commission) created to implement and administer the Act.
Petitioners, elected members of three school districts in the Commonwealth, have filed a class action *341in this…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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- Buckley v. ValeoSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- City of New Orleans v. DukesSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Whalen v. RoeSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Snider v. ThornburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Chester Upland School District v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Opinion of the Justices of the Supreme Judicial Court Given Under the Provisions of Section 3 of Article VI of the ConstitutionSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1993
- Picariello v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Ballou v. State Ethics CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
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