Carbondale Township v. Murray

Opinion by

Judge Mencer,

Leo Murray, a reporter for The Scranton Times, a daily newspaper of general circulation, requested certain officials of Carbondale Township to make available to him for inspection and copying the Township’s cancelled checks on the Road Account and Payroll Account and the disbursements for the years 1977,1978,1979, and 1980.

On July' 23, 1980, after repeated requests were denied, Mr. Murray and the newspaper (petitioners) filed a petition in the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County asserting their right to the in*467formation sought on the basis that cancelled checks…