Legal Opinion
Morning Call, Inc. v. Lower Saucon Township
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 24, 1993No. 1854 C.D. 1992PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELLEGRINI, Judge.
Lower Saucon Township (Township) appeals an order of the Northhampton County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) requiring the Township to disclose the terms of a settlement agreement between itself and John Werner (Werner) to The Morning Call pursuant to the Right to Know Act, Act of June 21, 1957, P.L. 390, as amended, 65 P.S. §§ 66.1-66.4.
On February 14, 1991, Werner filed a federal civil rights lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1 against the Township, alleging his civil rights were violated by Township police officers.…
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- Kathleen Smith and Gladys Smith, as Co-Personal Representatives of the Estate of Floyd Wayne Smith, Deceased v. The Honorable Layn R. PhillipsCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
- Nancy McKinnon Hinsdale v. The Farmers National Bank & Trust Company, Jane M. McKinnonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- News & Observer Publishing Co. v. Wake County Hospital System, Inc.Court of Appeals of North Carolina · 1981
- Anchorage School District v. Anchorage Daily NewsAlaska Supreme Court · 1989
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3Cited by34 opinions
- John A. Pansy v. Borough of Stroudsburg Harold A. Bentzoni Kathryn Mikels John W. Osborne, II William Reber Mary Jean Knapik Maryann West Kowalshyn Richard F. Osswald Carl R. Rogers v. Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. T/a Pocono Record, Ronald F. Bouchard Pennsylvania Newspaper Publishers Association, Intervenors/appellantsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Pansy v. Borough of StroudsburgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
- Envirotest Partners v. Commonwealth, Department of TransportationCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
- Tribune-Review Publishing Co. v. Westmoreland County Housing AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Baltimore Sun Co. v. Mayor of BaltimoreCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
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