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PIRILLO v. TAKIFF

462 Pa. 511 (1975)

341 A.2d 896

Anthony D. PIRILLO, Jr., Esquire, et al. v. Honorable Harry A. TAKIFF. Anthony D. PIRILLO, Jr., Esquire, et al. v. Honorable Harry A. TAKIFF and Walter M. Phillips, Jr., Esquire.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 7, 1975.

Reargued October 23, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony D. Pirillo, Jr., Salvatore J. Cucinotta, Philadelphia, for petitioners.

Harry A. Takiff, M.L. Levy, Robert B. Lawler, Nancy J. Moore, Ben W. Joseph, Asst. Attys. Gen., Walter M. Phillips, Jr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Philadelphia, for respondents.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

These two petitions1 present the novel question of whether the supervising judge of a regular grand jury conducting a special investigation may disqualify a single attorney and his associate from representing twelve witnesses subpoenaed to testify before the grand jury. We decline to issue a writ of prohibition to the supervising judge who disqualified the two attorneys/petitioners...

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