DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY v. HELTZEL

No. 1653 C.D. 2013

90 A.3d 823 (2014)

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND INDUSTRY, Petitioner v. William HELTZEL, Respondent.

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Howell , Assistant Counsel, Harrisburg, for petitioner.

Frederick N. Frank , Pittsburgh, for respondent.

BEFORE: DAN PELLEGRINI, President Judge, and BERNARD L. McGINLEY, Judge, and COHN JUBELIRER, Judge, and ROBERT SIMPSON, Judge, and MARY HANNAH LEAVITT, Judge, and P. KEVIN BROBSON, Judge, and ANNE E. COVEY, Judge.


OPINION BY Judge SIMPSON.

This Right-to-Know Law (RTKL)1 appeal involves the impact of a federal law on the public status of records. William Heltzel, a Senior Investigative Reporter for PublicSource (Requester), sought records relating to hazardous chemicals from the Department of Labor and Industry (L & I). L & I asserted the records were protected by exceptions in Section 708(b) of the RTKL, 65 P.S. § 67.708(b),...

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