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McMULLAN et al. v. WOHLGEMUTH et al.

2 Pa.Commw. 183 (1971)

John McMullan, James Steele and Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Helene Wohlgemuth, Secretary of Welfare of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Clarence Jenkins, Executive Director of Philadelphia County Board of Public Assistance, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

May 17, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David H. Marion, with him Harold E. Kohn, for plaintiffs.

Marx S. Leopold, General Counsel, with him Peter Brown, Deputy Attorney General, and J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General, for defendants.

Douglas G. Dye, with him Jonathan M. Stein and Harvey N. Schmidt, for intervenor.

Argued April 26, 1971, before Judge WILKINSON, JR.

OPINION BY JUDGE WILKINSON, May 17, 1971:

Plaintiffs seek injunctive relief to inspect, examine, and photocopy records of the Department of Welfare containing the names, addresses, and amounts of assistance received by welfare recipients in the City and County of Philadelphia. Plaintiffs assert their right to such information on any one or all of three grounds: (1) statutory right under the Pennsylvania Right-to-Know Law, Act of June 21, 1957, P.L. 390, § 1,...

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