Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Vartan
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided July 1, 1999PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
NEWMAN, Justice.
We granted allocatur to determine whether the Board of Claims may issue a subpoena to former Chief Justice Robert N.C. Nix, Jr. (Chief Justice Nix) to give deposition testimony in a contract dispute arising out of the construction of a court house for the Commonwealth Court.
Facts
The Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts (AOPC) entered into a written lease agreement with John O. Vartan (Var-tan) on October 10, 1989 for a parcel of land, on which Vartan was to build a courthouse for the Commonwealth Court. The contract was…
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