Legal Opinion
Matter of Silverberg
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 16, 1974No. 515PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROBERTS, Justice.
By order of October 28, 1971, the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia authorized a special judicial investigation into unethical conduct by members of the Philadelphia bar. In the course of this investigation appellants were called before an investigating judge who was to determine whether the evidence against them warranted institution of formal charges. The investigating judge concluded that formal charges were indicated.
Appellants were then tried before a three-judge special disciplinary court. The three-judge court found that…
2Cases cited47 opinions
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Grunewald v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Spevack v. KleinSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by28 opinions
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
- Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. KellerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
- Office of the Disciplinary Counsel v. CampbellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. ClarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. SternSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
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