Elsworth v. St. Louis, Alton & Terre Haute Railroad

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that Ethics Commission has implicit authority to institute such an action in order to carry out the purpose of the Ethics Act
• stating that Ethics Commission has implicit authority to institute such an action in order to carry out the purpose of the Ethics Act
• “We are satisfied that a correct analysis [of Section 1104(b)’s predecessor] does not reflect a legislative intent requiring the stilted and harsh ruling reached by the Commonwealth Court in this case.” (emphasis added)
• “We agree with the Commonwealth Court that the power to bring this suit fell within the implicit authority conferred to permit [the Ethics Commission] to carry out the stated purposes of the Ethics Act.”
• characterizing the Commonwealth Court’s reasoning in the underlying case

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).