SMITH v. TOWNSHIP OF RICHMOND

No. 34 MAP 2013

82 A.3d 407 (2013)

James M. SMITH, Appellant, v. TOWNSHIP OF RICHMOND, Berks County, Pennsylvania, Gary J. Angstadt, Ronald L. Kurtz, and Donald H. Brumbach, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Weston Crossett, Esq. , Smith Law Group, LLC, Fleetwood, for James Michael Smith.

James Michael Smith, Esq. , Smith Law Group, LLC, Fleetwood, pro se appellant.

Melissa Bevan Melewsky, Esq. , for Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association, amicus curiae.

Anthony Randall Sherr, Esq. , Mayers, Mennies & Sherr, L.L.P., Blue Bell, for Twp of Richmond, Berks Cty PA, Angstadt-G, Kurtz-R, Brumbach-D.

Sean Ashley Fields, Esq. , PA School Boards Association, Inc., for Pennsylvania School Boards Association, amicus curiae.

Scott T. Wyland, Esq. , Salzmann Hughes, P.C., Harrisburg, for County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania, et al., amicus curiae.

CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, STEVENS, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This Sunshine Act dispute concerns whether meetings between an agency and outside entities, including those involved in ongoing litigation with that agency, entailed "deliberations" — and thus, should have been open to the public — where the subject of the meetings was the same as that of the litigation, although the agency claims the meetings were held for information-gathering purposes only.

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