ENERGY TRANSFER v. FRIEDMAN

Nos. 24 MAP 2021, 25 MAP 2021.

265 A.3d 421 (2021)

ENERGY TRANSFER, Appellee v. Eric FRIEDMAN, Appellant Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Appellee v. Eric Friedman, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: December 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donna M. J. Clark, Esq. , Terrance J. Fitzpatrick, Esq. , Energy Association of Pennsylvania, David Bruce MacGregor, Esq. , Devin Thomas Ryan, Esq. , Post & Schell, PC, for Energy Association of Pennsylvania, Amici Curiae.

Claude Joseph Hafner II, Esq. , Pennsylvania State Senate, Shannon Amanda Sollenberger, Esq. , Senate of Pennsylvania, for State Senators Katie J. Muth and Timothy P. Kearney, Democratic Caucus of the Senate of Pennsylvania, Amicus Curiae.

Paula Knudsen Burke, Esq. , for Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, 1156 15th St. NW, Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, 3899 N. Front Street, Amicus Curiae.

Shawn Michael Rodgers, Esq. , East Goshen Township, Amicus Curiae.

Tuan Naim Samahon, Esq. , East Goshen Township, Amicus Curiae.

Megan Keefe Shannon, Esq. , Offit Kurman, Attorneys At Law, for Appellant.

Steven K. Bainbridge, Esq. , John Edward Herzog, Esq. , Renardo Lee Hicks, Esq. , Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, for Appellee Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.

Melissa Ann Chapaska, Esq. , Thomas Joseph Sniscak, Esq. , Whitney Elizabeth Snyder, Esq. , Hawke McKeon & Sniscak, LLP, Kevin James McKeon, Esq. , for Appellee Energy Transfer.

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


OPINION

This appeal by permission in a case of first impression considers whether the Office of Open Records ("OOR") has the authority to review the denial of an individual's request for records pursuant to the Right to Know Law, 65 P.S. §§ 67.101-67.3104 ("RTKL"),1 where a public...

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