Court releases names in prostitution probe

Article Abstract:

The Florida Supreme Court has ruled that records seized during a prostitution scheme investigation and requested for discovery in a criminal prosecution are public records and should be released to the public. Five people whose names were in the material seized during the investigation sued, claiming release of the records would violate their privacy. The court stated it was appropriate for them to sue on such grounds but that they had failed to prove their privacy interests would be infringed by release of the records.

Discovery (Law)

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Interest in exposing FBI misconduct justifies release of records

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The US Western District Court of Pennsylvania ruled in Davin v. Department of Justice that FBI files on the Workers Alliance of America were to be made public. The agency argued it would violate privacy rights of living persons if they released the records, but the court disagreed. A graduate student had sought the FBI files as part of dissertation research.

United States, United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

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Records on state employees' unused sick leave are public

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The Iowa Supreme Court ruled in Clymer v. Cedar Rapids that the names of government employees who were compensated for unused sick leave were not exempt from disclosure, but that addresses, birth dates, and genders could not be disclosed without violating the employees' privacy.

Iowa, Personnel records, Sick leave, Public employees, Government employees

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