Committee of Seventy v. Albert

Opinion by

President Judge Bowman,

By a complaint in equity upon which a rule to show cause was issued, appellants initiated proceedings in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. They sought to preliminarily and permanently enjoin payment by the City of Philadelphia of attorney’s fees incurred by the hiring of private counsel to represent F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Esquire, District Attor*46ney of the City of Philadelphia, in disciplinary proceedings before the Disciplinary Board of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Board). The petition for discipline filed by the Office of Disciplinary…