Freedom of Information

Newspapers win right to school official's disciplinary report05/06/96 WISCONSIN--No exception exists under the state open records law to prevent disclosure…

Settlements in police misconduct cases must be released04/22/96 KENTUCKY--An appeals court in Lexington in early April ordered a police department…

Court upholds order to release doctor's exam scores04/22/96 WISCONSIN--The licensing examination scores on tests administered to physician Severino Gomilla, licensed…

State cannot withhold statutory code tapes04/08/96 MISSOURI--A state official who refused to release a computer tape containing the state statutory…

Clinton legal defense fund trustees not "advisory committee"03/11/96 WASHINGTON, D.C.--Trustees of a fund set up to defray personal legal fees…

Journal moves to unseal secret tobacco company settlement02/12/96 NEVADA--Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal, filed an…

Couple fighting neglect charges denied access to investigative files11/20/95 SOUTH CAROLINA--A couple who claimed an old grudge resulted in false…

Judge charges TV station violated confidentiality rule 10/09/95 WISCONSIN--Saying that a television station violated a juvenile court's confidentiality rule in…

Court finds common law right-of-access to computerized tax rolls08/14/95 NEW JERSEY--The common law--but not the state open records act-- requires…

State need not create record it doesn't ordinarily keep07/31/95 NEW YORK--The state Insurance Department need not comply with a state…