UNIONTOWN NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. ROBERTS


839 A.2d 185 (2003)

UNIONTOWN NEWSPAPERS, INC., t/d/b/a the Herald-Standard, a Corporation, and Paul Sunyak, an Individual, Appellants, v. Lawrence ROBERTS, in his Capacity as a Member of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 24, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Kelley, Thomas A.P. Hayden, Barbara A. Scheib, for Uniontown Newspapers Inc. and Paul Sunyak.

Jonathan F. Bloom, Jason K. Cohen, C. Clark Hodgson, Philadelphia, for Lawrence Roberts.

Before CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.


OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

On April 10, 2000, Uniontown Newspapers, Inc., and its reporter, Paul Sunyak, submitted a written request to Lawrence Roberts, a member of the Pennsylvania General Assembly, for copies of telephone records for which Representative Roberts sought reimbursement from the House of Representatives. Specifically, appellants requested appellee's cellular records, long distance records...

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