IN RE: JAN. 1974 PHILA. CTY. GR. JURY INV.


458 Pa. 586 (1974)

In Re: January 1974 Philadelphia County Grand Jury Investigation.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 16, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sheldon L. Albert, Deputy City Solicitor, with him Stephen Arinson and Nicholas Panarella, Assistant City Solicitors, and Martin Weinberg, City Solicitor, for petitioners in No. 122.

John R. Padova, with him Solo, Bergman & Padova, for petitioners in No. 131.

Walter M. Phillips, Jr., Deputy Attorney General, with him Harry S. Tischler and Mark A. Klugheit, Assistant Attorneys General, for respondents.


OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JONES, October 16, 1974:

In June of 1972 Judge Harry A. TAKIFF convened and charged a grand jury, upon the petition of the District Attorney, to investigate various aspects of official corruption in the City of Philadelphia. The convening of that grand jury was upheld by this Court in Commonwealth ex rel. Camelot Detective Agency, Inc. v. Specter, 451 Pa. 370, 303 A.2d 203 (1973). During the term...

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