AP: Pa. Teachers' Union Loses Address Privacy Case
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) ― A Pennsylvania appeals court on Friday threw out a lawsuit filed by the state's largest teachers' union that sought to prevent public disclosure of public school employees' home addresses.
Commonwealth Court ruled against the Pennsylvania State Education Association, which sued the state Office of Open Records to keep it from ordering the release of the addresses under the state's Right-to-Know Law.
Five of seven judges joined a majority opinion that said the union did not have the right to sue the agency, but instead would have to sue school districts to pursue the matter. A sixth judge said the addresses should be public, and the seventh would have kept the case alive but wanted additional facts and oral argument.
The decision can be appealed to the state Supreme Court. Union spokeswoman Barb Brady said the ruling was being reviewed and had no immediate comment, but Office of Open