Legal Opinion
McGowan v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 28, 2014PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge McCULLOUGH.
Kellie McGowan, Esquire (Requester), petitions for review of the January 6, 2014 final determination of the Office of Open Records (OOR), denying her request for certain information from the Department of Environmental Protection (Department) under the Pennsylvania Righb-to-Know Law (RTKL).1 Requester contends that the OOR erred in determining that the Department established that three documents (Document Nos. 11, 16, and 32) were exempt from disclosure under the predecisional deliberation exception at section 708(b)(10)(i)(A) of the RTKL, 65 P.S. §…
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