Legal Opinion
Levy v. Senate of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 24, 2013PublishedCited by 136 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice BAER.
In this appeal, we consider the interaction of the attorney-client privilege and the Right-to-Know Law, Act of February 14, 2008, P.L. 6, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101-67.3104 (“RTKL”), in a case involving a journalist’s request for documents relating to the legal representation of Senate Democratic Caucus employees. After review, we reaffirm the general rule that client identities are not protected by the attorney-client privilege but adopt specified exceptions to this general rule. Similarly, we affirm the Commonwealth Court’s determination that general descriptions of legal…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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