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IN RE FORTIETH STATEWIDE INVEST. GRAND JURY

No. 45 WM 2017.

191 A.3d 750 (2018)

IN RE: FORTIETH STATEWIDE INVESTIGATING GRAND JURY. Appeal of: Diocese of Harrisburg and Diocese of Greensburg.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: August 21, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur T. Donato Jr., Esq. , Law Offices of Arthur Thomas Donato, Jr., Donna Ann Walsh, Esq. , Myers, Brier & Kelly, L.L.P., Robert Eugene Welsh Jr., Esq. , Welsh & Recker, P.C., Patrick Aloysius Casey, Esq. , Bradley Adam Winnick, Esq. , for Pennsylvania Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Amicus Curiae.

Mark Edward Seiberling, Esq. , Joshua John Voss, Esq. , Kleinbard LLC, Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Esq. , for Diocese of Harrisburg and Diocese of Greensburg, for Petitioners.

James Patrick Barker, Esq. , for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Respondent.

Jennifer Anne Buck, Esq. , Daniel Jacob Dye, Esq. , for Office of Attorney General, Respondent.

Chief Justice Saylor delivers the Opinion of the Court, and Justice Baer also speaks for the Court, by way of concurrence.

OPINION

This appeal concerns a challenge to the practice of requiring private attorneys who may be privy to confidential information related to a grand jury investigation to commit to maintaining the secrecy of all information they may acquire regarding the grand jury.

The case involves the 40th Statewide...

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