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LAFFEY v. CT. OF COM. PL. OF CUMBER. CTY.

503 Pa. 103 (1983)

468 A.2d 1084

Jane A.M. LAFFEY, Esquire, Petitioner, v. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS OF CUMBERLAND COUNTY, Harold E. Sheely, President Judge, Petition For a Writ of Prohibition, Etc.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 16, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Nast, Jr., Harrisburg, for petitioner.

Harold Sheely, President Judge Cumberland County, pro se, for respondent.

Harold S. Irwin, Jr., Carlisle, for respondent amicus curiae.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

In this case the petitioner, Jane A.M. Laffey, who is a member of the bar of this Commonwealth, seeks a Writ of Prohibition against enforcement of Cumberland County Court Rule 458. Rule 458 provides, in pertinent part, as follows:

A member of the Bar of Cumberland County who shall. . . cease to devote the majority of his time to the active practice of law in Cumberland County . . . shall be deemed to have...

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