Case Name: In re Application of Edward G. BIESTER, Jr., Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Requesting an Order Directing that a Multicounty Investigating Grand Jury, Having Statewide Jurisdiction, be Summoned. Petition of HUDSON OIL REFINING CORP
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1979-12-26
Citations: 487 Pa. 446
Docket Number: Petition No. 91 E.D.Misc.Dkt. 1979
Parties: In re Application of Edward G. BIESTER, Jr., Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Requesting an Order Directing that a Multicounty Investigating Grand Jury, Having Statewide Jurisdiction, be Summoned. Petition of HUDSON OIL REFINING CORP.
Judges: Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 487
Pages: 446–447

Head Matter:
409 A.2d 853
In re Application of Edward G. BIESTER, Jr., Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Requesting an Order Directing that a Multicounty Investigating Grand Jury, Having Statewide Jurisdiction, be Summoned. Petition of HUDSON OIL REFINING CORP.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Dec. 10, 1979.
Decided Dec. 26, 1979.
Petition No. 91 E.D.Misc.Dkt. 1979, for Discharge and for Stay.
Morey M. Myers, Scranton, Benjamin R. Jones, Philadelphia, for petitioner.
Edward G. Biester, Jr., Atty. Gen., James J. West, Henry G. Barr, Deputy Attys. Gen., for respondents.
Before EAGEN, C. J., and O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION
PER CURIAM.
Petitioner seeks the discharge of the multi-county investigating grand jury, alleging improper investigative activity. The supervising court of such a grand jury has the initial authority to consider such a petition, see Section 6(c) of the Investigating Grand Jury Act, Act of November 22, 1978, P.L. 1148, 19 P.S. § 270 (Supp.1979-80); such petitions, presenting any challenge, should initially be presented to that court for consideration. We therefore transfer the petition to the supervising court.
Accordingly, that portion of our order of November 26, 1979, directed to the members of the grand jury, individually and collectively, and those in charge thereof or assisting in any way in the conduct of any proceedings before the jury, is vacated.
LARSEN, J., filed a dissenting statement in which FLAH-ERTY, J., joins.