Legal Opinion
Commonwealth, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board v. Office of Open Records
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 11, 2012PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY Judge LEAVITT.
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (Gaming Board) petitions for review of a decision of the Office of Open Records (Open Records) ordering the Gaming Board to release certain documents requested by James D. Schneller (Schneller). Open Records held that Schneller’s request was governed by the Right-to-Know Law2 even though his request did not mention the Right-to-Know Law or use the Gaming Board’s form adopted for record requests. We affirm in part and vacate in part.
The procedural history is as follows. On March 20, 2009, Schneller, a member of “Eastern…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Koken v. Reliance InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
- East Stroudsburg University Foundation v. Office of Open RecordsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Pennsylvania State Education Ass'n ex rel. Wilson v. Commonwealth, Department of Community & Economic DevelopmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Levy v. Senate of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Governor's Office v. Office of Open Records, Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth v. Office of Open RecordsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Commonwealth, Department of Environmental Protection v. ColeCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Commonwealth v. LegereCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
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