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COM. v. MAGUIGAN

511 Pa. 112 (1986)

511 A.2d 1327

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Holly MAGUIGAN, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Chief/Prosecution, Jane Cutler Greenspan, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant.

David Kairys, David Rudovsky, for appellee.

Steven A. Morley, Philadelphia, amicus curiae — for Philadelphia Bar Ass'n.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice*

In this matter we granted allocatur to address the important issue of whether the attorney-client privilege precludes an attorney from disclosing the whereabouts of a fugitive client. By order dated June 27, 1983, the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County entered a judgment of civil contempt against Holly Maguigan, Esquire, ("appellee") because...

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