PATRIOT-NEWS CO. v. EMPOWERMENT TEAM


763 A.2d 539 (2000)

The PATRIOT-NEWS COMPANY and Thomas Baden v. The EMPOWERMENT TEAM OF THE HARRISBURG SCHOOL DISTRICT MEMBERS Consisting of Lucien Yates, III; Brenda Conner; Wanda R.D. Williams; Rich Askey; Evelyn Antonsen; Elena Romero Morgan; Merry-Grace Majors; John Weldon Scott; Emily J. Leader; Anne E. Russo; Susan C. Wilson, Appellants. The Patriot-News Company and Thomas Baden v. The Empowerment Team Of The Steelton-Highspire School District Members Consisting of Kenneth Kitch, Nick Govelovich, Faye Ranegar, Earl Bright, James W. Martin, Brenda Hoerner, Deborah Kelley, Lorraine Basonic, Cindy Kable, Christyna Muza and David Crawford, Appellants.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 4, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald M. Katzman, Harrisburg, for appellants.

Craig J. Staudenmaier, Harrisburg, for appellees.

Before DOYLE, President Judge, and McGINLEY, SMITH, PELLEGRINI, FRIEDMAN, KELLEY, and FLAHERTY, Judges.


DOYLE, President Judge.

The Empowerment Team of the Steelton-Highspire School District and the Empowerment Team of the Harrisburg School District (Appellants), each appeal from one of two orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin County, which, inter alia, directed that Appellants must conduct all of their future meetings open to public view pursuant to the mandate of Pennsylvania's Sunshine Act (Act), 65 Pa....

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