Legal Opinion

Fort Cherry School District v. Coppola

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 23, 2012PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

This is an appeal from the Washington County Court of Common Pleas (trial court) order affirming the Office of Open Records (OOR) Final Determination that granted access to identifiable W-2 forms requested pursuant to the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL). 1 The Fort Cherry School District (School District) asserts it properly withheld the W-2s as exempt in their entirety by federal statute. Based upon our case law, we must reverse the trial court.

Background

Susan Coppola (Requester) submitted a request to the School District seeking 2008 and 2009 W-2s and 1099s, from which all…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Kaplin v. Lower Merion TownshipCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  2. SWB YANKEES LLC v. Gretchen WintermantelCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  3. Department of Corrections v. Office of Open RecordsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Office of the Budget v. CampbellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Department of Labor & Industry v. HeltzelCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. PA Dept. of Ed. v. R. Bagwell PSU v. R. BagwellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
  3. Coulter v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2013
  4. Saunders v. Pennsylvania Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
  5. Brown v. Pennsylvania Department of StateCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2015

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