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IN RE INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY, ETC.

487 Pa. 68 (1979)

408 A.2d 1099

In re INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY OF PHILADELPHIA COUNTY.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

December 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis X. Nolan, Philadelphia, for petitioners.

H. Graham McDonald, Joseph Casey, Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Attys., Philadelphia County, for respondents.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, MANDERINO, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

This petition seeking a writ of prohibition was filed in this Court following the denial of a motion to quash a subpoena by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia. The subpoena ordered petitioner, inter alia, to appear before an investigatory grand jury in Philadelphia. The grand jury was convened pursuant to the Investigating Grand Jury Act, Act of November 22, 1978,...

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