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HEARST TELEVISION, INC. v. NORRIS

No. 112 MAP 2011.

54 A.3d 23 (2012)

HEARST TELEVISION, INC., d/b/a WGAL-TV and Daniel O'Donnell, Appellants v. Michael L. NORRIS, in his Official Capacity as Coroner of Cumberland County, and the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 17, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Louis Berry , Exton, Jonathan R. Donnellan , Gayle Chatilo Sproul , Philadelphia, Stephen H. Yuhan , for Hearst Television Inc., d/b/a WGAL-TV, and Daniel O'Donnell.

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

Keith Orr Brenneman , Sneibaker & Brenneman, P.C., Mechanicsburg, for Michael L. Norris.

Charles Rees Brown , PA Department of Community and Economic Development, Nathanael J. Byerly , Office of Open Records, Dena Lefkowitz , Commonwealth of PA, for Office of Open Records.

Terressa E. George , Law Offices of William J. Haberstroh, William J. Haberstroh , Altoona, for Appellant Amicus Curiae, Pennsylvania Coroner's Association.

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

OPINION

Justice BAER.

Following the death of a college student in Shippensburg, Hearst Television, Inc., d/b/a WGAL-TV and its reporter, Daniel O'Donnell (Requester), filed a Right to Know Law (RTKL) request with Michael Norris, the Coroner of Cumberland County (Coroner), seeking the student's manner of death. The Coroner rejected the request, and the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records (OOR) upheld the Coroner's decision. On appeal, the trial court...

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