Philadelphia
Granted: Delaware River Waterfront Corp. records
December 10, 2009
Granted: A 28-part request to
the Delaware River Waterfront Corp. seeking to
review records related to its relationship and
contracts with another corporation. The requester
received no response to his request, and so it
was deemed denied. Read
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Denied: Philadelphia prison record that doesn't exist
August 19, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Philadelphia Prison System for records of an
attorney's visits with an inmate in 1989. The
agency denied the request, stating that that the
records do not exist. Read
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Granted: Home addresses on contractor payroll records
August 17, 2009
Granted: A request for home
addresses on certified payroll records of a
third-party contractor from the City of
Philadelphia. Read
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Misdirected: Appeal over Philadelphia Court records
August 13, 2009
Dismissed as misdirected: An
appeal to the Office of Open Records over a
request for sentencing records from the
Philadelphia County Clerk of Courts. Read
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Misdirected: Appeal over law enforcement records that should have gone to DA's Office
July 31, 2009
Dismissed as misdirected: An
appeal filed with the Office of Open Records that
should have been filed with the Philadelphia
County District Attorney’s Office, as it involves
a request for law enforcement records.
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Granted: Marriage licenses with no service fee for access
July 31, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for copies of 24
marriage license applications and certificates
from the Philadelphia City License Marriage
Bureau. The requester had submitted a Right to
Know Request for the licenses and enclosed a
check to pay for 48 copies at 25 cents per page,
plus postage. The Register of Wills Office, on
behalf of the bureau, denied the request and
advised the requester that the register is a
judicial agency with a different fee schedule
than that set by the Right to Know Law.
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Granted: Philadelphia police sign-in log from 1988, or statement swearing it no longer exists
July 31, 2009
Granted: A request from the
Philadelphia Police Department for a copy of the
visitor’s sign-in log from 1988. Read
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Granted: Philadelphia inspection records, where agency ignored request and OOR
July 22, 2009
Granted: Records regarding
inspections at a specific address in
Philadelphia, when the city’s Department of
Licenses and Inspections did not respond to the
request or to subsequent inquiry by the Office of
Open Records. Read
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Denied: Parking records not in agency's possession
July 21, 2009
Denied: A request for records
related to a parking citation the requester
received from the Philadelphia Parking Authority.
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Denied: 911 tapes from City of Philadelphia
June 23, 2009
Denied: A request to the city of
Philadelphia seeking an audio copy of 911 calls
made by an individual on a certain date.
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Denied: Request for unredacted fire report by convicted arsonist
June 18, 2009
Denied: A request for unredacted
fire marshal's reports on fires at a certain
address in Philadelphia. The city had partially
granted and partially denied the request,
providing the requester with one record but
redacting personal identifying information on the
grounds that the requester had been convicted for
murder and arson in connection with the fire in
question. Read
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Granted: Access to records of 'private' industrial development corporation
June 17, 2009
Granted: Records requested from
the Philadelphia Industrial Development
Corporation, which had been denied on the grounds
the PIDC was a private corporate entity not
subject to the Right to Know Law. The Office of
Open Records determined that as a third-party
contractor doing the work of a government agency,
its records were subject to public release under
the Right to Know Law: Read
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Granted: ACLU request that Philadelphia Police Department ignored completely
June 15, 2009
Granted: A 14-part request to
the Philadelphia Police Department for records
relating to pedestrian stops and documents
addressing police officers' interactions with
undocumented immigrants. Other than an initial
response that it required a 30-day extension to
respond, the department was unresponsive, and
ignored three Office of Open Records requests to
respond to the requester's appeal. Read
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Granted: Philadelphia payroll with addresses, birth dates
June 12, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for a copy of the
current City of Philadelphia payroll list, by a
reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Denied: Records that Philadelphia agency attests do not exist
June 10, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Philadelphia Authority for Industrial Development
for records about four specific projects. The
agency provided documents about one of the
projects, but said it did not possess any
documents from the others. Read
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Granted: Grant application, including draft operating agreement
May 04, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request for audited two
financial reports and a grant application
submitted to the Department of Community and
Economic Development by Philadelphia agencies for
the construction of a convention center and
related hotel. Read
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Granted: Access to voluminous tax sale records not compiled
April 23, 2009
Granted: A request to the
Philadelphia Sheriff's Office seeking records
showing excess proceeds resulting from mortgage
and tax foreclosure sales. The sheriff's office
had denied the request, saying it does not
maintain centralized records containing excess
sale proceeds, and that it was not required to
create or compile a record that didn't exist.
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Granted: Request agency said it couldn't respond to
April 20, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to the Philadelphia
Authority for Industrial Development for
planning-related minutes and resolutions. The
agency had denied the request, stating that it
"possesses no public records that fit these
descriptions." Read
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Denied: Minutes of Philadephia council meeting that don't exist
April 17, 2009
Denied: Minutes of a meeting of
Philadelphia City Council, which the city said do
not exist. Read
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Granted: Request that city denied as not specific enough
March 19, 2009
Granted: A request for records
the city of Philadelphia had denied by saying the
request was not specific enough to determine what
records were requested. Read
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Dismissed: Plat records provided after appeal filed
March 12, 2009
Dismissed: An appeal of a
request for documents from the Philadelphia
Planning Commission, as the records were provided
after the appeal was filed. Read
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Granted: Names of parking authority hearing officers
February 25, 2009
Granted: A request for the names
of two hearing officers in the Philadelphia
Parking Authority's Bureau of Administrative
Adjudication, based on provided hearing dates and
initials. Read
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Granted: Elevator maintenance records
February 23, 2009
Granted: A request for five
years of elevator maintenance records from the
Philadelphia Department of Aviation. Read
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