Legal Opinion
North Hills News Record v. Town of McCandless
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 22, 1999No. 25 W.D. Miscellaneous Docket 1998PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAYLOR, Justice.
This Court invoked its extraordinary jurisdiction to determine whether an audio tape recording of a telephone call made to an emergency response center must be made available to citizens asserting a right to disclosure pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act.
On January 1, 1998, Michele Walker Keitel and Charles Dunkle were shot and killed in Ohio Township, Allegheny County. A caller reported the shooting by telephone to the Town of McCandless Central Emergency Telephone Center (the “Center”). The Center was operated by the Town of McCandless (“McCandless”)…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Forsham v. HarrisSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- State ex rel. Cincinnati Enquirer v. Hamilton CountyOhio Supreme Court · 1996
- Wiley v. WoodsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1958
- Sapp Roofing Co. v. Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n, Local Union No. 12Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Sierra Club v. Pennsylvania Public Utility CommissionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1997
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3Cited by51 opinions
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- Uniontown Newspapers, Inc. v. RobertsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth, Department of Public Welfare v. EisemanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2015
- Lukes v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Reese v. Pennsylvanians for Union ReformSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
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