Hetherington v. McHALE

Dissenting Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones:

The challenged provision of Act No. 212 of 1972 permits three private organizations — the Pennsylvania State Council of Farm Organizations, the Pennsylvania Canners and Fruit Processors Association and the Pennsylvania Association of County Fairs — to designate, i.e., appoint, eight of seventeen members of the committee charged with the task of approving and overseeing the expenditure of excess proceeds in the Pennsylvania Fair Fund for agricultural research projects. The majority contends that the statutory provision is unconstitutional as an…