Legal Opinion
Arneson (Open Records) v. Gov. Wolf
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 27, 2015No. 51 MAP 2015PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice BAER.
The order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed for the reasons set forth in the Commonwealth Court opinion, which is adopted as the opinion of this Court on the question of whether the legislature intended to insulate the Executive Director of the Office of Open Records (OOR), a unique and sui generis independent body, from the Governor’s constitutional power to remove his appointees at-will. See Arneson v. Wolf, 117 A.3d 374 (Pa.Cmwlth.2015). We supplement the Commonwealth Court’s opinion as follows.
On January 13, 2015, as his term was ending, out-going Governor Tom…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Watson v. Pennsylvania Turnpike CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1956
- Burger v. School Board of McGuffey School DistrictSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Sortino v. SingleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
- Arneson v. WolfCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
3Cited by11 opinions
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- J. Markham v. Thomas W. WolfCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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