Legal Opinion
Levy v. Senate of Pennsylvania
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 6, 2011No. 2222 C.D. 2010PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
In this Right-to-Know Law (Law) 2 appeal from a partial denial (redaction) of legislative records 3 of the Senate of Pennsylvania, we are asked whether the attorney-client privilege shields the names of clients and descriptions of legal services in bills presented to the Senate for reimbursement. In particular, Marc Levy appeals the decision of the Senate Appeals Officer which directed the Senate either to provide affidavits supporting the assertion of the attorney-client privilege or to provide the requested records “revealing the identity of the clients and any…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ChmielSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Gillard v. AIG InsuranceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Mauch v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1940
- Nationwide Mutual Insurance v. FlemingSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Levy v. Senate of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- McGowan v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Heavens v. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental ProtectionCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
- Commonwealth, Office of Open Records v. Center TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- Levy v. Senate of PennsylvaniaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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