Federation of State Cultural & Educational Professionals v. Commonwealth

Dissenting Opinion by

Judge Craig:

The State Adverse Interest Act1 is based on the fundamental principle that no person can serve two masters with equal faithfulness. It seeks to strengthen public confidence in the integrity of the Commonwealth and its employees by including a provision which provides that no state employee shall moonlight as an employee of an entity which has a contractual relationship with that employees department in state government.

Even where the employees own official duties have no involvement with the outside employer, the state employee, beholden to an entity which…