OPINION BY SENIOR JUDGE NARICK, November 4, 1988:
This consolidated appeal has its genesis in an equity action filed by John Shaw (Appellee herein) in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County.
The relevant facts are as follows. Shaw is a member of Philadelphia Lodge No. 5, Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), as well as the FOP's board of directors. Shaw was also a candidate for president of the FOP.
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