Woods v. Dunlop
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
This is an appeal from the order of the court of common pleas adjudging appellant Anthony Pivirotto to be in contempt of court and ordering him confined until he purged himself of contempt. We affirm.
Beginning on February 28, 1971, the Pittsburgh Press published a series of five feature articles detailing the activities of a tax-exempt fraternal order alleged to be one of Pittsburgh’s largest lessors of low-income housing. The articles also discussed the affairs of John Robert Woods, the lessor’s managing agent. Mr. Woods, dis*39pleased by certain…
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