Two courts find newsworthiness outweighs privacy interests

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Federal district courts ruled in Lurie v. Department of Defense and Porter v. United States Postal Service that, in cases very much in the public eye, the newsworthiness of information trumped privacy interests the individuals might have in it. The first was information on an Army medical researcher whose statements spurred a $20 mil congressional appropriation, and the second, a case in concerning postmaster criticisms of subordinate workers to the media.

United States

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Public school employee personnel records must be disclosed

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The Michigan Supreme Court ruled in Bradley v. Saranac Community Schools Board of Education that public school employee personnel records were subject to the state's Freedom of Information Act. The court ruled that disclosure of these records which school officials tried to keep private would enhance public understanding of government operations.

Michigan

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Sheriff ordered to give newspaper incident reports

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The Georgia Supreme Court ruled in Howard v. Sumter Free Press that state law enforcement's failure to give access to its criminal records violated the state open records law.

Georgia

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