Legal Opinion
Lukes v. Department of Public Welfare
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided June 3, 2009No. 15 C.D. 2008PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Senior Judge KELLEY.
Denis Lukes (Lukes) and West Penn Allegheny Health System (WPAHS) (collectively, Petitioners) petition for review of an order of the order of the Chief Administrative Law Judge (CALJ) of the Department of Public Welfare’s (DPW) Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (Bureau), which denied Petitioners’ exceptions from a DPW decision denying Petitioners’ request for information under what was commonly referred to as the Right-to-Know Law (Law) 1 . We reverse.
I. INTRODUCTION
Lukes is the Vice President of Finance of WPAHS, which is a non-profit healthcare provider comprised…
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