SCHENCK v. TOWNSHIP OF CENTER

No. 5 WAP 2007.

975 A.2d 591 (2009)

Beverly J. SCHENCK, Appellant v. TOWNSHIP OF CENTER, BUTLER COUNTY, Pennsylvania, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Re-Submitted August 14, 2008.

Decided July 22, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert F. Hawk, Esq., Butler, for Beverly J. Schenck.

Teri L. Henning, Esq., Harrisburg, for amicus curiae Pennsylvania Newspaper Association.

Michael D. Gallagher, Esq., for Butler County Solicitor.

Manning James O'Connor II, Esq., Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, L.L.C., Douglas Carlson Hart, Esq., Pittsburgh, for Center Township.

Michael J. Witherel, Esq., Witherel & Associates, Pittsburgh, for Pennsylvania Municipal Authorities Association.

Thomas L. Wenger, Esq., Peter Grayson Howland, Esq., Wix, Wenger & Weidner, P.C., Harrisburg, for Pennsylvania State Association of Township Supervisors.

Prior Report: Pa.Cmwlth., .


ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 22nd day of July, 2009, the appeal is dismissed as improvidently granted.

Justice SAYLOR files a dissenting statement in which Chief Justice CASTILLE joins.

Justice SAYLOR, dissenting.

At issue in this appeal is whether the public's right of access to invoices for attorney services paid for by the public may be defeated upon a mere blanket...

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