Legal Opinion
Denoncourt v. Commonwealth
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 21, 1983No. 2793 C.D. 1981PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Judge Blatt,
In this original jurisdiction case, the petitioners1 are challenging the constitutionality of the Act of October 4, 1978 (Act), P.L. 883, 65 P.S. §§401-413. They argue that requiring disclosure of the financial interests of a public official’s immediate family, Section 5 of the Act, 65 P.S. §405, violates the constitutional right of privacy of the family members, and that subjecting public officials to criminal penalties if such disclosures are not made, Section 9 ¡of the Act, 65 P.S. §409, violates their due process rights. Before us now is the petitioners’ motion for…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Griswold v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Paris Adult Theatre I v. SlatonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hicks v. MirandaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Denoncourt v. Commonwealth, State Ethics CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Denoncourt v. Commonwealth, State Ethics CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
- Woodland Manor Apartments v. Flowers, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lehigh County1998