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NORTH HILLS NEWS RECORD v. McCANDLESS

555 Pa. 51 (1999)

722 A.2d 1037

NORTH HILLS NEWS RECORD and Robyn Tomlin, Appellees, v. TOWN OF McCANDLESS and Allegheny County, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 22, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael W. Streily, James R. Gilmore, Pittsburgh, for the Com.

J. Howard Womsley, Robert Alton Wilson, Pittsburgh, for McCandless.

Susan A. Yohe, Pittsburgh, for North Hills News and Tomlin.

John A. Feichtel, Harrisburg, for Amicus, Pa. Newspaper Publishers

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

This Court invoked its extraordinary jurisdiction to determine whether an audio tape recording of a telephone call made to an emergency response center must be made available to citizens asserting a right to disclosure pursuant to the Pennsylvania Right to Know Act.

On January 1, 1998, Michele Walker Keitel and Charles Dunkle were shot and killed in Ohio Township, Allegheny County. A caller reported the shooting by...

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