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McMULLAN v. WOHLGEMUTH et al.

453 Pa. 147 (1973)

McMullan v. Wohlgemuth et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 2, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marx S. Leopold, Assistant Attorney General, with him J. Shane Creamer, Attorney General, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Bruce W. Kauffman, with him David H. Pittinsky, Carl H. Hanzelik, and Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish, Levy and Coleman, for appellees.

Jonathan M. Stein and Douglas G. Dye, amicus curiae.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, July 2, 1973:

In early 1971, four reporters of the Philadelphia Inquirer (a metropolitan newspaper owned by the appellee Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.) requested from Helen Wohlgemuth, the Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare, and Clarence Jenkins, the Executive Director of the Philadelphia County Board of Public Assistance, permission to examine and inspect departmental lists containing the names and addresses...

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