ARNESON v. WOLF

No. 51 MAP 2015

124 A.3d 1225 (2015)

Erik ARNESON, Individually and in his Official Capacity as Executive Director of the Office of Open Records, and Senate Majority Caucus, v. Thomas W. WOLF, in his Official Capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Community and Economic Development, and Office of Open Records, Appeal of: Thomas W. Wolf, in his Capacity as Governor of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Department of Community and Economic Development.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 27, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rodney A. Corey, Esq. , James Guthrie Mann, Esq. , Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Harrisburg, for Majority Caucus of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Amicus Curiae.

Melissa Bevan Melewsky, Esq. , Harrisburg, Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, for PA Nel,vsMedia Association, Amicus Curiae.

John Bartley Delone, Esq. , John G. Knorr III, Esq. , Harrisburg, Kenneth Lawson Joel, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General, for Wolf, Thomas W., Department of Community and Economic Development.

Charles Rees Brown, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, for Office of Open Records.

Joel L. Frank, Esq. , William H. Lamb, Esq. , Maureen Murphy McBride, Esq. , Scot Russel Withers, Esq. , Lamb McErlane, PC, West Chester, Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Esq. , Conrad O'Brien PC, Philadelphia, for Arneson, Erik.

Melissa Mae Green, Esq. , Matthew Hermann Haverstick, Esq. , Mark Edward Seiberling, Esq. , Joshua John Voss, Esq. , Conrad O'Brien PC, Philadelphia, for Senate Majority Caucus.

SAYLOR, C.J., EAKIN, BAER, TODD, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

The order of the Commonwealth Court is affirmed for the reasons set forth in the Commonwealth Court opinion, which is adopted as the opinion of this Court on the question of whether the legislature intended to insulate the Executive Director of the Office of...

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