Legal Opinion

Weaver v. Department of Corrections

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided August 13, 1997No. 255 C.D. 1997PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

PELLEGRINI, Judge.

Francis E. Weaver (Weaver) petitions for review of a decision of the Department of Corrections (Department) denying his request for access to the Pennsylvania Additive Classification Tool Manual under the Rights to-Know Act (Act), Act of June 21,1957, P.L. 390, as amended, 65 P.S. §§ 66.1-66.4.

Weaver is presently an inmate at the State Correctional Institution Retreat in Hunlock Creek, Pennsylvania. He filed requests at the institutional level and with the Commissioner of Corrections, Martin F. Horn, requesting that the Department allow him “to see, inspect, peruse and/or…

2Cases cited8 opinions

  1. Marvel v. DALRYMPLECommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  2. Tribune-Review Publishing Co. v. Allegheny County Housing AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  3. Wilder v. Department of CorrectionsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1996
  4. Lamolinara v. BARGERCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  5. City of Chester v. GetekCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1990

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3Cited by13 opinions

  1. LaValle v. OFFICE OF GEN. COUNSEL OF COM.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. Arduino v. Borough of DunmoreCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Clinkscale v. Department of Public WelfareCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. Della Franco v. Department of Labor & IndustryCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
  5. Ledcke v. County of Lackawanna, Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Lackawanna County2013

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