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MATTER OF CUNNINGHAM

517 Pa. 417 (1988)

538 A.2d 473

In the Matter of the Honorable Mary Rose Fante CUNNINGHAM, Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County. In the Matter of the Honorable Thomas E. DEMPSEY, Municipal Court Philadelphia County. In the Matter of the Honorable Kenneth E. HARRIS, Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County. In the Matter of the Honorable Julian F. KING, Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County. In the Matter of the Honorable Mitchell S. LIPSCHUTZ, Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County. In the Matter of the Honorable William J. PORTER, Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County. In the Matter of the Honorable Michael E. WALLACE, Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County. In the Matter of the Honorable Thomas A. WHITE, Court of Common Pleas Philadelphia County.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided February 25, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark Aronchick, Philadelphia, for Cunningham.

Robert Keuch, Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, for J.I.R.B.

Stephen Gallagher, Philadelphia, for Dempsey.

Samuel C. Stretton, Philadelphia, for Harris.

James J. Binns, Philadelphia, for King.

Stephen Robert Lacheen, Stanford Shmukler, Philadelphia, for Lipschutz.

Michael J. Stack, Charles J. Cunningham, Philadelphia, for Porter.

James C. Schwartzman, Philadelphia, for Wallace.

Brian P. Kenny, John M. Elliott, Philadelphia, for White.

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

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

The Judicial Inquiry and Review Board ("Board") instituted formal proceedings against eight sitting Philadelphia County judges, the respondents herein. One of these judges is a member of the Municipal Court, with the remaining judges serving on the Court of Common Pleas. The Board initiated an inquiry following public disclosures involving a labor racketeering investigation being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation...

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