Open-records decisions/appeals in Pennsylvania, courtesy of the oh-so-handy RSS feed from the Pennsylvania Freedom of Information Coalition:
Allentown officials didn't want to release e-mails in electronic format, despite an Office of Open Records ruling, so now they're suing the newspaper and the OOR.
The (Sharon) Herald wanted to see the names of the people who owe $1 million in sewer fees, but the sanitary authority wouldn't release them. The case went to court, and the newspaper won.
WGAL-Ch. 8 is trying to get information from the Cumberland County coroner on the death of a Shippensburg University student and has appealed the case to Commonwealth Court. What's a bit unusual in this case is that WGAL had appealed the county's denial of its request to the Office of Open Records, which upheld the denial. So WGAL is trying to get a judge to overturn the OOR's decision that the records sought by the TV station do not have to be released.
The case is here, under Hockley-Cumberland County Coroner.
Allentown officials didn't want to release e-mails in electronic format, despite an Office of Open Records ruling, so now they're suing the newspaper and the OOR.
The (Sharon) Herald wanted to see the names of the people who owe $1 million in sewer fees, but the sanitary authority wouldn't release them. The case went to court, and the newspaper won.
WGAL-Ch. 8 is trying to get information from the Cumberland County coroner on the death of a Shippensburg University student and has appealed the case to Commonwealth Court. What's a bit unusual in this case is that WGAL had appealed the county's denial of its request to the Office of Open Records, which upheld the denial. So WGAL is trying to get a judge to overturn the OOR's decision that the records sought by the TV station do not have to be released.
The case is here, under Hockley-Cumberland County Coroner.
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