Legal Opinion
In Re 2014 Allegheny County Investigating Grand Jury
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 22, 2017No. 26 WAP 2017PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CHIEF JUSTICE SAYLOR
This appeal concerns an intermediate court’s sua sponte determination of mootness, despite the agreement of the litigants that a live controversy remains extant.
Appellant, WPXI, Inc,, owns and operates a television station 'engaged in news reporting. In 2015, the news service was investigating allegations of improper relationships between several teachers and students at the high school in the Plum Borough School District, In connection with this inquiry, 'WPXI filed a motion to intervene in the proceedings of the 2014 Allegheny County Investigating Grand Jury to…
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- Rendell v. Pennsylvania State Ethics CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- United States v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Commonwealth v. LongSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- In Re Dauphin County Fourth Investigating Grand JurySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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