Legal Opinion
Special Grand Jury Case
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 6, 1959No. 335, Miscellaneous Docket 11PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Me. Justice Bok,
This is a petition for a writ of prohibition. It is directed primarily to the Honorable Joseph E. Gold, a Judge of Court of Common Pleas No. 6 of Philadelphia County, and seeks to compel Mm to discharge and terminate the proceedings connected with a Special Grand Jury which he convened, while sitting in the Court of Oyer and Terminer and Quarter Sessions of the Peace, to investigate certain alleged criminal situations existing within the ranks of Local 107 of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, and Helpers of America.
Judge Gold has…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McNair's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Dauphin County Grand Jury Investigation ProceedingsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Philadelphia County Grand Jury Investigation CaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1943
- Shenker v. Harr, TreasurerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1938
- Commonwealth v. KleinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1909
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth v. McCloskeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Riccobene AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1970
- Commonwealth v. BroughtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Commonwealth v. COHENSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1964
- In re January 1974 Philadelphia County Grand Jury InvestigationSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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