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COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILA. v. BROWN

544 Pa. 31 (1996)

674 A.2d 670

COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA, Dr. Frederick W. Capshaw, and Dr. Thomas R. Hawk, Appellants, v. Janell D. BROWN, Angelita Hogan, and William E. Cunnane, III, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 16, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Whiteside, Jr., Community College of Phila., Steven K. Ludwig, Community College of Phila., for Appellants.

Joseph A. Sullivan, for J.D. Brown, A. Hogan and Wm. E. Cunnane, III.

Mark Goodman, for Student Law Press Center.

Jane E. Kirtley, for Reporters.

Samuel Fineman, for Pa. Newspapers Publishers Assn.

Before NIX, C.J., and FLAHERTY, ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE and NIGRO, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

In March of 1992 the appellees, the present and former editors of the student newspaper (hereinafter "Brown") sought to compel the Community College of Philadelphia (hereinafter "the college") to disclose documents concerning campus security pursuant to the Right to Know Act, 65 Pa.C.S. § 66.1 et seq. The college denied the request for information and Brown appealed to common pleas court. The college filed...

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