Hitchings v. Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission

PALLADINO, Judge.

Thomas W. Hitchings appeals an order of the State Ethics Commission (the Commission) which concluded that Hitchings violated subsections 3(a) and 4(a) of Pennsylvania’s ethics act governing public officials and public employees (Ethics Act), Act of October 4, 1978, P.L. 883, 65 P.S. §§ 403(a) and 404(a).1

On August 24, 1988, the Commission began an investigation of the conduct of Hitchings for possible violations of the Ethics Act. Without a hearing, the Commission issued an order that concluded that Hitchings violated the Ethics Act. This court vacated that order and remanded…