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· 11/19/1986

In Re Subpoena on Jud. Inq. & Rev. Bd.

Citations

  • 517 A.2d 949
  • 512 Pa. 496

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • observing that, where the Court is presented with a rule of law developed in the courts, “we would of course be acting in the best spirit of the common law tradition in testing the rule against its reason.”
  • observing that, where the Court is presented with a rule of law developed in the courts, “we would of course be acting in the best spirit of the common law tradition in testing the rule against its reason.”
  • quashing subpoena by Pennsylvania Crime Commission to former Judicial Inquiry and Review Board based on constitutional mandate of confidentiality of Inquiry Board’s paper and proceedings
  • quashing subpoena by Pennsylvania Crime Commission to former Judicial Inquiry and Review Board based on constitutional mandate of confidentiality of Inquiry Board's paper and proceedings
  • \In the framework of our governmental system it is clear that the constitutional rule of law is more fundamental and must prevail.\
  • “In the framework of our governmental system it is clear that the constitutional rule of law is more fundamental and must prevail.”

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Judges: Nix, C.J., and Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson, Zappala and Papadakos

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