Legal Opinion

Vargo v. Department of Corrections

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 4, 1998No. 493 C.D. 1998PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MIRARCHI, Jr., Senior Judge.

George P. Yargo (Petitioner), acting pro se, petitions this Court to review a decision of the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (Department) denying his request for documents made pursuant to the act commonly referred to as the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act (Act). 1 Petitioner made this request as an inmate of the State Correctional Institution at Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

By letter dated October 1,1997, Petitioner filed a request with the Department for inspection and reproduction of the following:

1. The current Visiting…

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2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Tribune-Review Publishing Co. v. Allegheny County Housing AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  2. Aamodt v. Commonwealth, Department of HealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Gutman v. Pennsylvania State PoliceCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1992

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. LaValle v. OFFICE OF GEN. COUNSEL OF COM.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. North Hills News Record v. Town of McCandlessSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  3. Pennsylvania State University v. State Employees' Retirement BoardCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  4. Heffran v. Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
  5. Scranton Times v. Scranton Parking Authority, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2001

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