1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. Pa.
  4. 495 Pa.
  5. 495 Pa. 627 (1981)
 

MATTER OF CAMPOLONGO

495 Pa. 627 (1981)

435 A.2d 581

In the Matter of Robert CAMPOLONGO, Esquire. Appeal of Robert CAMPOLONGO, Esquire, Appellant. Appeal of Edward G. RENDELL, District Attorney of Philadelphia County.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 9, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Campolongo, Asst. Dist. Atty., John Rogers Carroll, Philadelphia, for appellant at 148.

Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty., Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant at 149.

Charles W. Johns, Howland W. Abramson, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, KAUFFMAN and WILKINSON, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

KAUFFMAN, Justice.

This is a direct appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia summarily holding appellant, Assistant District Attorney Robert Campolongo, in direct criminal contempt of court.1 Because the evidence is insufficient to support a summary contempt conviction, we reverse.2

On March 23, 1979, during the first day of the trial of Philadelphia...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases