Pennsylvania State Education Ass'n v. Commonwealth

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This direct appeal concerns the Commonwealth Court’s jurisdiction over a suit brought by public school employees for injunctive and declaratory relief against the Office of Open Records, seeking to protect the employees’ home addresses from disclosure under the Right to Know Law.

I. Background

Appellants are individual school employees from multiple school districts and the Pennsylvania State Education Association (“PSEA”), an organization whose membership consists of teachers and education support professionals (collectively, “Appellants”). Due to concerns surrounding the…