Schenck v. TP. OF CENTER, BUTLER COUNTY
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
1Dissent
Dissenting Opinion by
Judge FRIEDMAN.
I respectfully dissent. The narrow issue raised in this appeal is whether the description of services rendered by a township solicitor, as set forth in the solicitor’s invoices, constitutes attorney work product as a matter of law. In affirming, the majority concludes that “all information from the solicitor relating to pending or impending litigation is inaccessible” to the public under the law commonly known as the Right to Know Law (Law).1 (Majority op. at 854) (emphasis added).
The majority reasons that: (1) the Law and the Sunshine Act2 are in pan…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Hickman v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Consumers Education & Protective Ass'n v. NolanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- LaValle v. OFFICE OF GEN. COUNSEL OF COM.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Joe v. Prison Health Services, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
- Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. McCullochDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1996
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