Advance Request for Public Records Okayed by Arizona Court
· Story link An Arizona appeals court ruled that public agencies can be asked to provide copies of records before…
An Arizona appeals court ruled that public agencies can be asked to provide copies of records before they are created. The unanimous ruling comes in a case in which a weekly newspaper asked that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office provide copies of press releases to all news outlets at the same time. A spokesman for the sheriff said the ruling would have minimal effect because the agency planned to post all press releases on the Internet. (8/20/07)