Legal Opinion
In Re Inv. Grand Jury of Philadelphia
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 30, 1980No. 80-3-374PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
On June 1, 1979, the President Judge of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia issued an order granting an application by the district attorney for the empanelment of a county investigating grand jury pursuant to Section 3 of the Investigating Grand Jury Act, 19 P.S. § 267 [hereinafter: Act]. 1 On June 22, 1979, the Commonwealth submitted to the supervising judge of that grand jury a notice that certain matters involving the Philadelphia School District should be brought to the attention of the grand jury pursuant to Section 9 of the Act, 19 P.S. § 273.
On August…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- In Re Grand Jury Proceedings. In Re Jacqueline Schofield, WitnessCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
- McNair's PetitionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1936
- Costopoulos v. ThornburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1979
- Commonwealth v. SutleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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3Cited by19 opinions
- In Re the Twenty-Fourth Statewide Investigating Grand JurySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- Commonwealth v. WhartonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re Investigating Grand Jury, Etc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Commonwealth v. O'KickiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1991
- In Re County Investigating Grand Jury of October 18, 1982Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1983
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