Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Pennsylvania Bar Ass'n
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 20, 1997No. 0164 and 0178 M.D. Miscellaneous Docket 1997PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*474FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.
This is an appeal challenging the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County granting venue in such court and an application to compel inspection of documents against the Pennsylvania Bar Association (“PBA”) and its then-President, James F. Mundy, Esquire (“Mundy”).
The record reflects the following. Alvin B. Lewis, Esq. and Richard A. Sprague, Esq. are members of the PBA, a Pennsylvania nonprofit corporation. They sought under the provisions of the Nonprofit Corporation Law, 15 Pa.C.S. § 5101 et seq., access to certain documents regarding evaluations of…
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