Roy v. Pennsylvania State University

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• holding that PSU is not a state agency within the meaning of the RTKA
• noting there are four state-related schools in Pennsylvania, including Penn State, Pitt, Lincoln and Temple
• holding PSU not subject to prior RTKL
• Pennsylvania State University is not an “agency” within the meaning of the Right to Know Act, even though it, like Temple University, receives public funds
• Penn State was considered a state-related institution under the RTKL’s predecessor, the Right-to-Know Act, rather than a state agency
• “Currently, the Board of Trustees is composed of 32 members only 10 of whom are Commonwealth representatives. The Board of Penn State retains authority over the disposition of the corporation’s property, not subject to review by the Commonwealth.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).