Legal Opinion
Smith v. Township of Richmond
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 5, 2012PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*405Opinion by
Judge LEAVITT.
James M. Smith, a resident who also practices law in the Township of Richmond, appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County (trial court), which denied his request for a declaratory judgment that the Board of Supervisors of Richmond Township had violated the Sunshine Act, 65 Pa.C.S. §§ 701-716.1 The trial court concluded that the Supervisors’ four closed-door meetings with the different parties interested in an ongoing litigation matter did not have to be conducted in public because they were held to collect general information about the parties’…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Pyeritz v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Sovich v. ShaughnessyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Trib Total Media, Inc. v. Highlands School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Ackerman v. Upper Mt. Bethel TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
- Conners v. West Greene School DistrictCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Brown v. TucciDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 2013
- Smith v. Township of RichmondSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Berks Products Corp. v. Arch Insurance Co.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Widmer Engineering, Inc. v. Five-R Excavating, Inc. and The Pennsylvania National Mutual Casualty Ins. Co., Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017