Lewis v. Pennsylvania Bar Ass'n

I concur in the result. In my view the issue of privilege should not be addressed by this Court because it was not raised before the common pleas court or preserved for appeal.

I would hold that on this record the documents requested are not “records of the proceedings”1 such that members of the Pennsylvania Bar Association are entitled to inspect them under 15 Pa.C.S. § 5508(b).

The Appellees assert that they are entitled to inspect all of the documents requested in their demand letter dated February 17, 1997. The Nonprofit Corporation Law of 1988 identifies the types of records that a…