Legal Opinion
In Re the June 1979 Allegheny County Investigating Grand Jury
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 30, 1980No. 101PublishedCited by 95 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
On April 2, 1980, the Honorable Robert E. Dauer, supervising judge of the June 1979 Allegheny County Investigating Grand Jury,1 found Dr. Mario J. Lanni, Administrator of West Allegheny Hospital, in civil contempt of court for his refusal to comply with subpoena duces tecum C-2-0082. Lanni filed a petition to review in this Court. We entered a stay of the contempt order on April 3, 1980 and heard argument on April 14, 1980.
The contempt citation was the culmination of the following series of events:
The grand jury issued subpoena duces tecum C-2-0017 to West…
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