Denoncourt v. Commonwealth, State Ethics Commission

OPINION OF THE COURT1

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Commonwealth Court, 73 Pa.Cmwlth. 59, 457 A.2d 213, granting summary *194judgment to the State Ethics Commission in a class action2 brought by incumbent school directors seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from the enforcement of Sections 4, 5 and 9 of the Public Officials Ethics Act (Ethics Act)3 on the grounds that these sections of the act are unconstitutional. These sections of the act provide, in essence, that a public official must, as a condition for taking the oath of office or continuing to perform his…