Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania February 20, 1980, Appeal, No. 2480 C.D. 1978 (Burello v. Commonwealth, State Employes' Retirement System)

Opinion by

Judge Craig,

The question in this case is whether a statute violates constitutional prohibitions against impairment of obligation of contract or bills of attainder where it provides retroactively that pension benefits being received by a retired Commonwealth employee shall be forfeited if the employee is convicted or pleads no defense to a crime related to public office or public