Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 8/23/2002
Gmerek v. State Ethics Commission
Citations
- 807 A.2d 812
- 569 Pa. 579
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- Lobbying Disclosure Act, 65 Pa.C.S. § 1303-1311 invalid and unconstitutional insofar as it applied to the conduct of lawyers engaged in lobbying activities, since lobbying activities were \the practice of law\
- “Given the explicit dictates of Section 1311(b) of the Act [regarding nonseverability], the entire Act must be declared invalid.”
- this Court held that the Lobbying Disclosure Act, 65 Pa.C.S. §§ 1301-1311, was unconstitutional because several of the provisions regulated activities that, when performed by attorneys, constituted the practice of law
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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor, Former, Affirmance, Reversal
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