Privilege
Granted: Draft order, solicitor emails W Easton didn't meet burden on
September 11, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request to West Easton borough
for copies of written complaints related to the
requester’s use of her property. Read
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Granted: Records on township commissioners' personal PCs
August 21, 2009
Granted: A request for emails
and other correspondence of two York Township
commissioners. Read
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Granted: Unredacted attorney invoices; district failed to defend redactions
July 30, 2009
Granted: A request for
communications, invoices and payments made to an
attorney by the East Stroudsburg Area School
District, in regards to a letter the attorney
wrote to the requester on the school district’s
behalf. The district provided extensively
redacted copies of the requested records, citing
the attorney-client privilege. Read
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Granted: Supervisor emails concerning nominations
July 08, 2009
Granted: A request for emails to
or from Worcester Township supervisors concerning
nominations to appointed positions in the
township. Read
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Granted: Less redacted attorney invoices in Bucks County
July 06, 2009
Granted: A request for less
redacted attorney invoices from the Bucks County
Municipal Authority. Read
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Denied: Unredacted school district solicitor invoices, as privileged
June 29, 2009
Denied: A request for unredacted
invoices submitted by a certain solicitor when he
was contracted by the Pocono Mountain School
District. Read
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Denied: Investigatory file from Dept. of State
June 25, 2009
Denied: A request to the
Department of State for an investigatory file
generated by a complaint the requester had filed
with the state Real Estate Commission. The agency
had denied the request, saying the records were
exempt from disclosure as records of a
non-criminal investigation. Read
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Denied: Township communications with solicitor as privileged
June 23, 2009
Denied in part, dismissed as moot in
part: A request to East Hempfield
Township for copies of records related to a
church plan filed since supervisors gave
conditional approval to the plan. Read
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Denied: Request for certain borough-solicitor emails
June 05, 2009
Denied: A request to Jefferson
Township for certain emails between the chairman
of the board of supervisors and and the township
solicitor. Read
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Granted: Unredacted legal records or itemized reasons for redactions
May 18, 2009
Granted: A request for vouchers,
financial disclosure statements and a copy of a
lawyer-client agreement from Dickinson Township,
where the township had provided copies of
redacted documents but not itemized legal reasons
for each redaction. Read
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Denied: Solicitor's letter of legal advice to Martic Township
May 06, 2009
Denied: Request for a letter
from the Martic Township solicitor, which the
township had denied based upon the
attorney-client privilege. Read
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Granted: Medical protocols for prisoners from county contractor
April 13, 2009
Granted: A request to Lackawanna
County for the rules and regulations pertaining
to medical treatment of inmates at the county
prison, including those of the contractor
providing medical services. Read
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Granted: Township financial records with exempt information redacted
April 09, 2009
Granted: A request for financial
records from the Rush Township board of
supervisors, including bills and all June 2008
receipts, including copies of checks deposited
and deposit slips for the board. The township had
denied them on the basis they might contain
privileged or other exempt information.
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Denied/Affirmed: Names of people who complained about requester's property
April 03, 2009
Denied: A request for zoning
enforcement records identifying individuals who
communicated with Plymouth Township regarding
proceedings against the requester's property.
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Granted: County emails related to WIB
March 13, 2009
Granted in part and denied in
part: A request made to Luzerne County
for email records involving the
Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board,
Inc. Read
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Granted: Unredacted solicitor's invoices
March 03, 2009
Granted: A request made to the
Pottstown School District for all invoices from
the district's solicitor since Dec. 1, 2003.
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