Tapco, Inc. v. Township of Neville

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Tapco, Inc. (Tapco) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County (trial court) affirming in part and reversing in part the Township of Neville’s (Township) denial of Tapco’s request for a variety of information under Pennsylvania’s Right-to-Know Act (Act).1

At the outset, we note that Tapco’s requests read like discovery requests rather than Right-to-Know Act requests. Rather than requesting accounts or vouchers that it wants to examine, Tapco wants the Township to conduct a records search and produce certain documents. Under the Right-to-Know Act,…