Case Name: PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, Respondent v. AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2018-12-03
Citations: 198 A.3d 336
Docket Number: No. 406 MAL 2018
Parties: PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, Respondent
v.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner
Judges: 
Reporter: West's Atlantic Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 198
Pages: 336–336

Head Matter:
PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE, Respondent
v.
AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF PENNSYLVANIA, Petitioner
No. 406 MAL 2018
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
December 3, 2018
ORDER

Opinion:
AND NOW, this 3rd day of December, 2018, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issues, as stated by petitioner, are:
a. Did the Commonwealth Court err in holding that the use of in camera review is inappropriate when the public-safety exemption is claimed and should be reserved for cases involving assertions of attorney-client privilege, the work-product protection, and the predecisional-deliberation exception?
b. Given the standard understanding of plenary review, did the Commonwealth Court err when it reversed the OOR findings of fact without reviewing all of the evidence that OOR reviewed to make those findings?
c. Did the Commonwealth Court err in finding that the Burig Affidavit, on its face, provided sufficient evidence of a threat to public safety to justify each of the redactions to PSP's social media-monitoring policy - including the redaction of the "definitions" section and the provisions regarding social-media research on prospective employees?
The Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association's motion for leave to file an amicus brief in support of petitioner is GRANTED.