# Dougherty, J., Aplt. v. Heller, K.

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · June 14, 2016 · 635 Pa. 507

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9824108

## Case

- **Full name:** John J. DOUGHERTY, Appellant, v. Karen HELLER, Appellee
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** June 14, 2016
- **Citations:** 635 Pa. 507; 138 A.3d 611; 44 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 2288; 2016 Pa. LEXIS 1210; 2016 WL 3261814
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Brobson
- **Judges:** Saylor, Wecht, Colins, Friedman, Leadbetter, Brobson, Strassburger
- **Cited by:** 24 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding generalized claim that public disclosure of videotaped deposition could infringe upon appellant's privacy or cause him embarrassment insufficient to raise type of issue which is “too important to be denied review” under collateral order doctrine
- noting that tax returns are subject to privacy rights pursuant to state law and confidentiality under a federal statute
- observing a “trial court is in the best position to weigh fairly the competing needs and interests of parties affected by discovery.” (citation omitted)

## Opinion text

*551 Judge BROBSON,
concurring and dissenting.
I join parts I, II, and III of the majority opinion. Because, after protracted appellate proceedings, I believe that this Court should decide the two issues that it accepted for appellate review in its February 4, 2015 Order granting allocatur, neither of which questions the Pennsylvania Superior Court’s analysis or application of the collateral order doctrine, I respectfully dissent from part IV of the majority opinion.

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