ESU appeals court's open-records ruling
July 14, 2010 |
East Stroudsburg University and its foundation
have asked the state's highest court to reverse
an appellate court ruling that would force the
foundation to turn over records to the Pocono
Record. In the latest turn in an ongoing legal
battle, ESU and the private ESU Foundation, which
raises money for the university, filed an appeal
in the Middle District of the Supreme Court of
Pennsylvania, arguing that a unanimous decision
of a full panel of judges of the Commonwealth
Court in May should not be allowed to stand
because it is overbroad and intrusive.
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State court: ESU must open records
May 25, 2010 |
Donor records relating to scholarships and a
signature East Stroudsburg University building
must be made available to the Pocono Record, a
state court ruled Monday in the most recent turn
in a 15-month-long legal battle. In a
precedent-setting decision, the Commonwealth
Court ruled 7-0 to uphold the substance of a
previous ruling by the state's open records
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