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COM. EX REL. UNIFIED JUD. SYS. v. VARTAN

557 Pa. 390 (1999)

733 A.2d 1258

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania acting through the UNIFIED JUDICIAL SYSTEM by the agency of the Administrative Office of Pennsylvania Courts, Appellant, v. John O. VARTAN, trading as Independent American Investments, a registered fictitious name, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted February 18, 1999.

Decided July 1, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Titus, Charlottesville, David G. Oberdick, Diane Calaboyias Wyrick, Pittsburgh, for Administrative Office of PA Courts.

Thomas W. Scott, Killian & Gephart, Harrisburg, for John O. Vartan.

Before CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

Submitted February 18, 1999 (on previously filed briefs).

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

NEWMAN, Justice.

We granted allocatur to determine whether the Board of Claims may issue a subpoena to former Chief Justice Robert N.C. Nix, Jr. (Chief Justice Nix) to give deposition testimony in a contract dispute arising out of the construction of a court house for the Commonwealth Court.

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