District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania October 17, 1973, Civ. A. No. 72-242 (Stavrides v. Mellon National Bank & Trust Co.)

MEMORANDUM and ORDER

McCUNE, District Judge.

We are squarely presented with the question whether arid under what circumstances the defendants in a class action suit may attempt in discovery to determine whether the plaintiffs’ counsel have engaged in unethical activities in the initiation and conduct of the suit when the defendants contend that ethical misconduct, if found, is relevant to the