McCutcheon v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

Elroy J. Hoak and Edward G. McCutcheon, Jr., former elected supervisors of Allegheny Township, a second class township, appeal an order of the State Ethics Commission. We must decide if the commission was correct in concluding that they used their public office to obtain financial gain in violation of section 3(a) of the Ethics Act.1

Specifically, the commission found that Hoak, who had served as supervisor since 1964, and MoCutoheon, *531who had served since 1962, voted to purchase life annuity policies for a pension fund for each supervisor out of township funds, and, upon…