D'Elia v. Pennsylvania Crime Commission

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This is an appeal from an Order of the Commonwealth Court adjudicating the petitioner, William D’Elia, in civil contempt of court for violation of a prior order of the Commonwealth Court. The prior order enforced a subpoena of the Pennsylvania Crime Commission (Commission), which had granted the petitioner use-immunity and had required him to testify before the Commission. We have jurisdiction under 42 Pa.C.S. § 723(a).

This case began on February 8, 1988, when in connection with a Commission investigation into possible labor racketeering in the construction industry in…