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SWB YANKEES LLC v. WINTERMANTEL

No. 44 MAP 2011.

45 A.3d 1029 (2012)

SWB YANKEES LLC, Appellant v. Gretchen WINTERMANTEL and The Scranton Times Tribune, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 29, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam D. Brown , Joseph Kernen , Jayne Anderson Risk , DLA Piper US LLP, Philadelphia, for SWB Yankees, LLC.

Joseph Owen Haggerty Jr. , John Timothy Hinton Jr. , Haggerty, McDonnell, O'Brien & Hinton, LLP, Scranton, for Gretchen Wintermantel and Scranton Times Tribune.

Emily J. Leader , PA School Boards Association, Inc., for Appellant Amicus Curiae PA School Board Association.

Jillian M. Petrosky , Robert J. Tribeck , Rhoads & Sinon, L.L.P., Harrisburg, for Appellant Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania Foundations Association.

Melissa Bevan Melewsky , Pennsylvania Newspaper Association, for Appellee Amicus Curiae PA Newspaper Association.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This appeal concerns the application of Pennsylvania's recently revamped Right-to-Know Law to certain documents in the possession of a private entity serving as the management agent for a municipal authority in the operation of a minor league baseball stadium.

Background

In 1985, the Board of Commissioners of Lackawanna County formed the Multi-Purpose Stadium Authority of Lackawanna County (the "Stadium...

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