Blackwell v. Com., State Ethics Com'n

• Decision Date: 30 March 1990
• Citation: 524 Pa. 403,573 A.2d 536
• Parties: Honorable Lucien BLACKWELL, Member City Council of Philadelphia, Honorable David Cohen, Member City Council Philadelphia and Honorable Francis Rafferty, Member City Council of Philadelphia, Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, Appellant.
• Court: Pennsylvania Supreme Court

573 A.2d 536

524 Pa. 403

Honorable Lucien BLACKWELL, Member City Council of Philadelphia, Honorable David Cohen, Member City Council Philadelphia and Honorable Francis Rafferty, Member City Council of Philadelphia, Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 30, 1990

Argued Oct. 23, 1989.

Application No. 162 E.D. Appeal Docket 1988 for Reargument filed by Attorney General for Commonwealth State Ethics Commission and by Office of General Counsel as Amicus Curiae Application of Sunset Leadership Committee to Intervene, and For Reargument.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

The Petition of the Sunset Leadership Committee to Intervene is Granted. The Application of the State Ethics Commission, the Sunset Leadership Committee and the Office of General Counsel seeking reargument is granted limited to the question of the retrospective application of our decision reached in this matter on December 13, 1989. 523 Pa. 347, 567 A.2d 630.

In as much as the same issue of retroactivity is also at issue in SEC v. Helen L.P. Anderson, 2374 C.D. 1988, appeal filed at 10 Appeal Docket Middle District 1990, M.P., An Undisclosed Elected Official v. SEC, 44 Commonwealth Court Misc.Dkt.1989, West Shore School District v. Pennsylvania, Labor Relations Board, 15 Commonwealth Court Misc.Dkt.1990, and Blackwell, et al. v. SEC, No. 2222 Commonwealth Docket 1988, plenary jurisdiction is assumed over all these matters and they are ordered consolidated with this application for reargument.