City of Pittsburgh v. Silver

*302CONCURRING AND DISSENTING OPINION BY

Judge COVEY.

I respectfully dissent from the majority’s conclusion that the Office of Open Records (OOR) does not have jurisdiction under the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL)1 to address the disclosure of documents in an attorney’s case file. However, I concur with the majority that the settlement negotiations are not subject to disclosure.

On October 1, 2010, Jonathan D. Silver and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette (collectively the Gazette) submitted a request under the RTKL to the City of Pittsburgh (City) requesting access to and copies of all correspondence beginning…