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UNIONTOWN NEWSPAPERS v. DOC

No. 76 MAP 2019 No. 77 MAP 2019.

243 A.3d 19 (2020)

UNIONTOWN NEWSPAPERS, INC., d/b/a the Herald Standard; and Christine Haines, Appellees v. PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, Appellant Uniontown Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a the Herald Standard; and Christine Haines, Appellees v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 22, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Rees Brown, Esq. , Melissa Joy Ramsingh, Esq. , Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, for Office of Open Records, for Amicus Curiae Office of Open Records.

Rachel Renee Hadrick, Esq. , McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC, for Amicus Curiae County Commissioners Association of PA.

Melissa Bevan Melewsky, Esq. , Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, for Amicus Curiae Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association.

Maria Gerarda Macus, Esq. , Theron Richard Perez, Esq. , Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, Debra S. Rand, Esq. , Department of Corrections, SCI-Rockview, for Appellant Department of Corrections.

Michael Joseph Joyce, Esq. , Charles Kelly, Esq. , Saul Ewing, LLP, for Appellees Christine Haines, Uniontown Newspapers, Inc., d/b/a The Herald Standard.

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ.

OPINION

We granted appeal in this matter to consider the assessment of sanctions and attorney fees based on a finding of bad faith and willful and wanton behavior by an agency responder under the Right to Know Law (RTKL).1

In September 2014, prior to the request...

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