# Zontek v. Brown

> Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · August 10, 1992 · 149 Pa. Commw. 628

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/6374409

## Case

- **Full name:** Daniel ZONTEK, Thomas Mance, Robert F. Borgo, John Hoffner, Roy E. Eisaman, Robert W. Zentner, Bernard H. Mulvihill, Don Ewing, Joseph Mahkovec and Larry Chrzan v. Robert W. BROWN, Dennis C. Harrington, Esq., James M. Howley, Esq., Helena G. Hughes, Dr. G. Sieber Pancoast, Daneen E. Reese and the State Ethics Commission
- **Court:** Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** August 10, 1992
- **Citations:** 149 Pa. Commw. 628; 613 A.2d 683; 1992 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 538
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Pellegrini
- **Judges:** Craig, Doyle, Friedman, Kelley, McGinley, Palladino, Pellegrini
- **Cited by:** 1 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

PELLEGRINI, Judge,
concurring.
I concur with the majority but for a different reason.
The Pennsylvania Sunset Act of December 22, 1981, P.L. 508, as amended, 71 P.S. §§ 1795.1-1795.14, is unconstitutional for reasons I set forth in West Shore School District v. Pennsylvania Labor Relations Board, 131 Pa.Commonwealth Ct. 476, 570 A.2d 1354 (1990). Because the Sunset Act is unconstitutional and of no effect, its operation created no interregnum in the operation of the State Ethics Commission. Because the State Ethics Commission never went out of existence, its investigations and proceedings never lapsed.
Accordingly, I would also grant the respondents’ Motion for Summary Judgment but for a different reason.

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