Legal Opinion
Melvin v. Doe
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Alleghany County
Decided May 23, 2000No. GD99-10264PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WETTICK JR., J.,
The subject of this opinion and order of court is a motion filed on behalf of Pennsylvania State Senator Leonard J. Bodack to quash a subpoena to attend a deposition.
This is a defamation action instituted against an unknown person or persons who published the following statement on a website:
*568“Despite being prohibited from engaging in political activity, a couple of judges have been keeping themselves pretty busy recently with politics. Judge Joan Orie Melvin has been lobbying the Ridge administration on behalf of a local attorney seeking the appointment by Governor Ridge to…
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