Legal Opinion

J. Ali v. Philadelphia City Planning Commission

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 1, 2015No. 1335 C.D. 2014PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge P. KEVIN BROBSON.

Petitioner Jihad Ali (Ali) appeals from a June 27,2014 Order (docketed June 30, 2014) of the Coúrt of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court), affirming a decision of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR) under the Right'to Know Law (RTKL).1 At issue is whether the OOR erred in refusing to order the Philadelphia' City ' Planning Commission (Commission) to provide Ali with unredacted copies of records which contained information that the Commission deemed protected under Section 106 of the federal Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. § 106. For the…

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