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BROWN v. COM., DEPT. OF HEALTH

495 Pa. 456 (1981)

434 A.2d 1179

Kenneth D. BROWN, District Attorney of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH. Appeal of Thomas HARVEY and Commonwealth, Dept. of Health.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Protasio, Asst. Public Defender, for appellant Thomas Harvey.

Reed Hamilton, Chief Counsel, Joan A. Ross, Asst. Counsel, Harrisburg, for appellant Com., Dept. of Health.

Joseph R. Musto, Asst. Dist. Atty., Kenneth D. Brown, Dist. Atty., Robert F. Banks, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellants Thomas Harvey and Pennsylvania Department of Health appeal from an ex parte order of a single judge of the Commonwealth Court which granted appellee Kenneth D. Brown, District Attorney of Lycoming County, access to information about appellant Harvey otherwise deemed to be confidential pursuant to the Disease Prevention and Control Law of 1955.* The order was entered pursuant to...

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