UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH v. DEPT. OF LABOR & INDUSTRY


896 A.2d 683 (2006)

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH OF the COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Petitioner v. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR & INDUSTRY, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert L. Byer, Pittsburgh, for petitioner.

James A. Holzman, Deputy Chief Counsel, Harrisburg, for respondent.

John Lucas, Pittsburgh, for intervenor, Earl Glen Whitehead, Jr.

BEFORE: COLINS, President Judge, McGINLEY, Judge, PELLEGRINI, Judge, FRIEDMAN, Judge, LEADBETTER, Judge, COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and SIMPSON, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge LEADBETTER.

University of Pittsburgh petitions for review of an order of the Department of Labor and Industry, Bureau of Labor Law Compliance, granting Earl Whitehead's request to inspect his personnel file, including letters that were written by "outside evaluators" in connection with Whitehead's pursuit of a promotion to Full Professor status.1 The issue raised on appeal is whether these letters are "letters of reference...

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