Garmong v. Stephanini

OPINION BY

Judge McGINLEY.

The Pennsylvania State Ethics Commission (Commission) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Venango County (common pleas court) that denied the Commission’s motion to quash a subpoena and its request for a protective order, and further ordered the Commission to make available to the parties the file of its investigation of Garmong. The common pleas court also ordered the file be kept confidential to the extent that it may be used in litigation, but that the contents not be divulged to anyone outside of the litigation or to the media.

In August 1998, Garmong…