Legal Opinion
Uniontown Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a The Herald Standard and C. Haines v. PA Dept. of Corrections
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided December 19, 2016No. 66 M.D. 2015PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
JUDGE SIMPSON
Before this Court are cross-motions for summary relief involving enforcement of a final determination the Office of Open Records (OOR) issued pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL). 1 Christine Haines, on behalf of Uniontown Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a The Herald Standard, (Requester) appealed to OOR when the Department of Corrections (DOC) denied her request for de-identified diagnosis data of inmates at State Correctional Institution (SCI)-Fay-ette. OOR rejected DOC’s defenses, ordering disclosure of “all responsive records.” DOC did not appeal. Arguing DOC withheld…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- McGowan v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Carey v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Moore v. OFFICE OF OPEN RECORDSCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Commonwealth v. DERRY TP., ETC.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Uniontown Newspapers, Inc. v. Pa. Dep't of Corr.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2018
- Capinski v. Upper Pottsgrove TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Baron v. Commonwealth Department of Human ServicesCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Mission PA, LLC v. W. McKelveyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2019
- E. Drack v. Ms. J. Tanner, Open Records Officer and Newtown Twp.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
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