Moore v. Jamieson

Opinion by

Mb. Justice Nix,

The petitioner, Cecil B. Moore, Esq., a member of the bar of Pennsylvania whose practice consists chiefly of representing criminal defendants in the City of Philadelphia, seeks a writ of prohibition against the enforcement of Rule *301 of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas. That rule1 prohibits an attorney who represents ten or more criminal defendants whose indictments are over twelve months old from entering an appearance in any additional criminal cases.2 On De-

*302cember 13, 1972, we granted an order of supersedeas pending the disposition of this petition.

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