Legal Opinion
Carey v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections
Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 24, 2013PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION BY
Judge SIMPSON.
Douglas Carey (Requester) appeals from the Office of Open Records’ (OOR) final determination that denied his appeal from the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections (DOC) denial of his request under the Right-to-Know Law (RTKL),1 seeking records related to the mass inmate transfer to Michigan. Requester was one of the approximately 1,000 inmates subject to the transfer.
DOC asserted insufficient specificity and a number of substantive exceptions. Requester argues the OOR erred in finding records exempt from disclosure under Section 708(b)(2) of the RTKL, 65 P.S. §…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Bowling v. Office of Open RecordsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Allegheny County Department of Administrative Services v. A Second Chance, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Department of Health v. Office of Open RecordsCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
- Joe v. Prison Health Services, Inc.Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
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3Cited by78 opinions
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- PA State Police, Aplt. v. Grove, M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2017
- Department of Labor & Industry v. HeltzelCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
- PA Dept. of Ed. v. R. Bagwell PSU v. R. BagwellCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2016
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