Police may continue to withhold investigative records even though no charges filed after two years
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The Maine Supreme Court ruled in Campbell v. Town of Machias that police chief and district attorney's office acted properly in withholding investigative records regarding Lisa Campbell's alleged theft of loan records from a bank despite Ms. Campbell's repeated disclosure requests. The district attorney argued that investigative records were exempt from the state's freedom of information laws, and the police chief noted that the state's Criminal History Record Information Act would make release by him unlawful. The court found for the town despite the fact that two years had passed without an prosecutorial action.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1995
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Incident reports with confidential information exempt from disclosure
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The Supreme Court of Georgia found in Atlanta Journal and Constitution v. City of Brunswick that the confidentiality exemption under the state's open records act could still apply to records that are not covered by the scope of the law enforcement records exemption to the act. Under the act, police incident reports are not exempt from the act, unlike other types of police records. The newspapers argued that this meant they should be granted access to the records. The high court, and both lower courts, ruled that only those incident reports without confidential information had to be released.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 1995
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Legal bills not exempt from public disclosure
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A Kansas Supreme Court decision that the City of Overland Park's legal bills are public records not subject to the attorney-client privilege is discussed.
Publication Name: News Media & the Law
Subject: Literature/writing
ISSN: 0149-0737
Year: 2000
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