Court says broad statistical response would invade someone's privacy

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The Delaware Supreme Court ruled in Gannett Co. v. State Criminal Justice Information System that the agency's compiled criminal statistics, if made public to the press, could violate privacy rights.

Delaware, Privacy, Right of, Right of privacy, Criminal statistics

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Justices will decide depth of exemption: feds argue tribal comments are confidential under act

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The author discusses arguments in Dept of the Interior v. Klamath Water Users protective Ass'n before the US Supreme Court, in which the court was asked to consider whether Native American tribal governments qualified for the Freedom of Information Act intra- or inter-agency exemption.

Native North Americans, Exemption (Law), Exemptions (Law), United States. Department of the Interior

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Open record request wins unanimous approval: the first Freedom of Information Act victory at the Supreme Court in eight years reins in a government attempt to broaden the scope of the agency deliberations exemption

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The author discusses the US Supreme Court's unanimous decision in Department of the Interior v. Klamath Water Users Protective Ass'n, in which the court ruled the agency's records with a Native American tribe were not exempt from the Freedom of Information Act.

Freedom of information, Water rights, Native American rights

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