Elliott, Reihner, Siedzikowski & Egan, P.C. v. Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund

MEMORANDUM

GILES, Chief Judge.

J. INTRODUCTION

Elliott Reihner Siedzikowski & Egan, P.C., (“ERSE” or “the firm”) filed this action on August 9, 2000, against the Pennsylvania Employees Benefit Trust Fund (“the PEBTF” or “the Fund”) and Thomas G. Paese (“Mr.Paese”), former Secretary of Administration of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and former Chairman and a Trustee of the PEBTF, in his individual capacity, alleging violations of the First and Fourteenth Amendments, protected through 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and, under state law, for breach of contract and tortious interference with contractual…