Legal Opinion
City of Pittsburgh v. Silver
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 16, 2012PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
President Judge PELLEGRINI.1
The City of Pittsburgh (City) appeals the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) affirming the Final Determination of the Office of Open Records (OOR) and denying the City’s motion for a protective order. The OOR’s Final Determination ordered the City to comply with the request made by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and one of its reporters, Jonathan Silver (collectively, Silver) to disclose documents under the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL).2 We reverse.
*298On October 1, 2010, Silver submitted a request under the RTKL seeking copies of…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Laudenberger v. Port Auth. of AlleghenySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- Allegheny County Department of Administrative Services v. A Second Chance, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Tribune-Review Publishing Co. v. Westmoreland County Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. SternSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
- Gmerek v. State Ethics CommissionSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia v. BagwellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Commonwealth, Office of Open Records v. Center TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- In re Thirty-third Statewide Investigating Grand JurySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- In Re: Sheriff's Excess Proceeds Lit. Appeal of: J. O'Hara and Finn Land Corp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- California University of PA v. B. Schackner and Pittsburgh Post-GazetteCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
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