Right to Know Law • Public Records • Transcripts Exempt • OOR in Error
Magee v. Philadelphia DA’s Office, PICS Case No. 16-1062 (C.P. Philadelphia July 15, 2016) Padilla, J. (6 pages).
Appeal of individual against the ruling that the court transcripts he sought from the District Attorney’s Office were not subject to disclosure under the Right to Know Law led to the court’s review de novo of the facets of the case. Amid allegations that the Office of Open Records had overstepped in its ruling to allow the disclosure, the most important issue was whether proceeding transcripts fell under a category that could require their production. The court found that the law spelled out clearly that only financial records were available through RTKL requests.
