IN RE TWENTY-FOURTH STATEWIDE INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY


907 A.2d 505 (2006)

In re the TWENTY-FOURTH STATEWIDE INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY. Petition of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In re the Twenty-Fourth Statewide Investigating Grand Jury. Petition of Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. and P.J. Reilly.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 6, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. DeStefano, Saul Ewing, L.L.P., Harrisburg, for Participants Brett Lovelace in No. 120 MM 2006 and Petitioner Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. in No. 121 MM 2006.

Richard A. Sprague, Philadelphia, for Participant, P.J. Reilly in No. 120 MM 2006 and Petitioner Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. in No. 121 MM 2006.

George C. Werner, Jr., Barley Schneider, L.L.C., Lancaster, for Participants Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. and John Ferguson.

William J. Brennan, Law Offices of William J. Brennan, Philadelphia, for Participant Paula Holzman.

Louis R. Busico, Lawrenceville, NJ, for Participant Carrie Cassidy.

Matthew Hermann Haverstick, for Participant Madelyn Pennino.

Christopher D. Carusone, Office of Atty. Gen., for the Com. of PA.

Before; CAPPY, C.J., CASTILLE, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, BAER and BALDWIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

Lancaster Newspapers, Inc. and a reporter have filed an application for review challenging a grand jury subpoena requiring the production of computer hardware. The application was styled as an emergency, which we will address on the present submissions. We also consider the Office of Attorney General's challenge to an order requiring disclosure of the notice that it used to submit...

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