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OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL v. SURRICK

749 A.2d 441 (2000)

OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL, Petitioner, v. Robert B. SURRICK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 24, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel F. Napoli, Pittsburgh, for Disciplinary Board.

Samuel E. Klein, Philadelphia, for Robert B. Surrick.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

This court is presented with the question of whether the evidence was sufficient to establish respondent's culpability on two charges that he violated Rule of Professional Conduct 8.4(c)1 (hereinafter RPC). The precise issue to be resolved is whether respondent acted with reckless disregard for the truth when he leveled accusations of case fixing against certain jurists in a pleading filed in the...

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