Legal Opinion
Schenck v. TP. OF CENTER, BUTLER COUNTY
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided February 28, 2006PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
This case involves a request under the law commonly known as the Right to Know Act (Act),1 by an adverse party for a description of billed litigation services rendered to a municipality by its solicitor. Beverly J. Schenck (Plaintiff) appeals from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Butler County (trial court) essentially denying disclosure of a description of legal services rendered in litigation.
Plaintiff filed a request with the Township of Centre seeking copies of itemized invoices from its solicitor, Michael D. Gallagher, for the period from December 2002…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- LaValle v. OFFICE OF GEN. COUNSEL OF COM.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Goppelt v. City of Philadelphia Revenue DepartmentCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
- Judge v. PociusCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Reading Eagle Co. v. Council of City of ReadingCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Northern Tier Solid Waste Authority v. Commonwealth, Department of RevenueCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Office of the District Attorney of Philadelphia v. BagwellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Stein v. Plymouth TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Commonwealth, Office of Open Records v. Center TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Levy v. Senate of PennsylvaniaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
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