MARGIOTTI APPEAL


365 Pa. 330 (1950)

Margiotti Appeal.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

August 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Margiotti, Attorney General, in propria persona, and W. Denning Stewart, Special Deputy Attorney General, with them Harry F. Stambaugh, Special Counsel, for appellant.

William S. Rahauser, District Attorney, in propria persona, and Earl F. Reed, Special Assistant District Attorney, with them Loran L. Lewis, Assistant District Attorney, for appellee.

Before DREW, C.J., STERN, STEARNE, JONES, BELL and LADNER, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, August 31, 1950:

We assume — as fairly we must in the absence of evidence to the contrary — that neither the District Attorney of Allegheny County nor the Attorney General of the Commonwealth has been guilty of any improper motivations in the performance of their respective official duties in connection with the events giving rise to the present controversy. The question for this Court to determine is whether statements...

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