# Hain v. Board of School Directors of Reading School District

> Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · April 19, 1994 · 163 Pa. Commw. 479

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9698850

## Case

- **Full name:** Jake and Kathy HAIN, Appellants, v. the BOARD OF SCHOOL DIRECTORS OF READING SCHOOL DISTRICT, Umberto Tucci, Mark L. Brown, Dr. Eve Kimball, Sonia Allen, Frank Straka, Irene Carson and Nytza I. Rosado-Seda
- **Court:** Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** April 19, 1994
- **Citations:** 163 Pa. Commw. 479; 641 A.2d 661; 1994 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 194
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Doyle
- **Judges:** Craig, Doyle, Colins, McGinley, Smith, Pellegrini, Kelley
- **Cited by:** 4 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that the Sunshine Act requires Pennsylvania government agencies to permit videotaping of their meetings

## Opinion text

DOYLE, Judge,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent. I would affirm the trial court’s order based on the well reasoned opinion of the Honorable Thomas J. Eshelman of the Court of Common Pleas of Berks County.
SMITH, J., joins in this dissent.

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