Mooney v. Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education Board of Trustees

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

This appeal requires us to decide whether Temple University of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education1 is a state “agency” for purposes of the Inspection and Copying Records Act,2 thereby subjecting it to the requirement of making all its “public records” “open for examination and inspection by any *426citizen of the Commonwealth.”3 We agree with the Commonwealth Court that the Legislature, in designating Temple as a part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education in order to enable Temple to receive increased financial assistance from the Commonwealth, did…