Legal Opinion
Flynn v. State Ethics Commission
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 21, 1995PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
This statutory construction case poses the question whether the State Ethics Commission has jurisdiction under Executive Law § 94 (12) over an employee who has resigned from State service. Because the governing statute does not confer such extended jurisdiction over a former employee expressly or by necessary implication, we affirm the determinations of the lower courts.
Petitioner Flynn was the Adjutant General of the State Division of Military Affairs. In April 1990, the State Ethics Commission began an investigation into allegations that he had accepted free…
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