Case Name: Hon. Alfred RICCI, Acting Sheriff v. Hon. James R. MATTHEWS, Hon. Bruce L. Castor, Jr., Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioners and County of Montgomery; Hon. Risa Vetri Ferman v. Hon. James R. Matthews, Hon. Bruce L. Castor, Jr., Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioners and County of Montgomery. Petition of Hon. James R. Matthews, Hon. Bruce L. Castor, Jr., Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioners and County of Montgomery
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2011-01-12
Citations: 12 A.3d 287
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hon. Alfred RICCI, Acting Sheriff v. Hon. James R. MATTHEWS, Hon. Bruce L. Castor, Jr., Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioners and County of Montgomery. Hon. Risa Vetri Ferman v. Hon. James R. Matthews, Hon. Bruce L. Castor, Jr., Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioners and County of Montgomery. Petition of Hon. James R. Matthews, Hon. Bruce L. Castor, Jr., Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioners and County of Montgomery.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 12
Pages: 287–288

Head Matter:
Hon. Alfred RICCI, Acting Sheriff v. Hon. James R. MATTHEWS, Hon. Bruce L. Castor, Jr., Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioners and County of Montgomery. Hon. Risa Vetri Ferman v. Hon. James R. Matthews, Hon. Bruce L. Castor, Jr., Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioners and County of Montgomery. Petition of Hon. James R. Matthews, Hon. Bruce L. Castor, Jr., Hon. Joseph M. Hoeffel, Montgomery County Commissioners and County of Montgomery.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Jan. 12, 2011.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 12th day of JANUARY, 2011, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, rephrased for clarity, is:
Does the Public Official and Employee Ethics Act, 65 Pa.C.S. § 1101, et seq., expressly grant County Commissioners in Second Class A Counties the right to exercise limited supervisory authority over employees of Row Offices for pur poses of enforcing the Ethics Act's remedial purposes?