Morning Call Inc. v. Council of the Borough

O’BRIEN, J.,

During the course of a public meeting held on May 17, 1988, the Borough Council of East Stroudsburg held an executive session from which the public, including a representative of plaintiff, The Morning Call Inc., was excluded. Following this closed meeting, Council reconvened the public meeting and proceeded to vote unanimously to have the borough manager handle the personnel matter discussed during executive session. Plaintiffs representative requested Council to disclose the personnel matters it had discussed in executive session but Council refused.

On May 27, 1988, the Call…