Legal Opinion · Concurring in part, dissenting in part

Smith v. Gallagher

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 26, 1962No. Appeal, 424; Appeal, 425; 327, Miscellaneous Docket 12; 328, Miscellaneous Docket 12Published

1Concurring in part, dissenting in part

*606Dissenting and Concurring Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Bell:

The majority have utterly failed to decide the two most important questions involved in these cases:(1) Should there be a grand jury investigation; and(2) Who should conduct it?

It is clear as the noonday sun in a cloudless summer sky:(1) A grand jury investigation of all the alleged sale of legislation by members of City Council, and the alleged widespread graft, corruption and crime by important public officials in Philadelphia’s City Government, and by members of the Democratic City Committee, and others who allegedly conspired with…

2Cases cited72 opinions

  1. Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
  2. United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  3. United States v. ShippSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  4. McNair's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
  5. Matson v. MargiottiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952

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