Legal Opinion
Robert Hawthorne, Inc. v. County Investigating Grand Jury
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 20, 1980No. 459PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
On November 28,1979, the judge supervising the Philadelphia Investigating Grand Jury, empanelled on June 1, 1979, pursuant to the Investigating Grand Jury Act1 [hereinafter: Act], adjudged Thomas Hawthorne, Vice President of Robert Hawthorne, Inc. (Hawthorne Corporation) in civil contempt for his refusal to comply with grand jury subpoena duces tecum No. 671. The same day, this Court entered a stay pending disposition of Thomas Hawthorne’s appeal.
The background is as follows:
On June 22, 1979, the Commonwealth filed a notice of submission with the supervising judge,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Boyd v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- United States v. CalandraSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Branzburg v. HayesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. DionisioSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Hale v. HenkelSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
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3Cited by24 opinions
- In Re the June 1979 Allegheny County Investigating Grand JurySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- In Re Investigating Grand JurySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re Inv. Grand Jury of PhiladelphiaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- In Re Investigating Grand Jury, Etc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- In Re Subpoena No. 22.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
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