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Ex-Detroit mayor sues over released text messages
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, fresh off his stint in jail, is suing telecommunications company SkyTel for releasing his text messages, the…Categorized in Libel and Privacy -
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Judge finds former Detroit mayor's text messages are public
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his onetime chief of staff, Christine Beatty, have lost their bid to keep private un-redacted copies…Categorized in Freedom of Information -
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Former Detroit mayor sent to jail, city attorney cleared in handling of FOIA request
Former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick went to jail this week, as part of a plea deal on two counts of obstruction…Categorized in Freedom of Information -
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Detroit policy considered e-mails public, city lawyer testifies
Key testimony about an electronic records policy has bolstered the case of two Detroit newspapers in their ongoing open-records lawsuit…Categorized in Freedom of Information -
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Detroit mayor invokes Fifth Amendment 82 times during Free Press deposition
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick this morning used his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination 82 times to avoid answering deposition questions…Categorized in Freedom of Information -
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Det. newspapers want mayor to testify in FOIA case
Last month saw Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick trying to force Free Press and Detroit News reporters to testify in the newspapers' Freedom of…Categorized in Freedom of Information -
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Detroit reporters won’t have to testify on text messages sources
A Wayne County judge ruled Thursday that the embattled Detroit mayor and his ex-chief of staff can't force reporters to…Categorized in Newsgathering -
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Detroit papers fight depositions in mayor's text message scandal
Two Detroit newspapers are fighting indicted Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick's attempts to depose their reporters amid his ongoing legal woes.Categorized in Protecting Sources and Materials -
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Push-pull over secrecy continues in Detroit mayor text message scandal
Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick this week lost one round of the ongoing legal battle in his steamy text-message scandal, when a county judge agreed…Categorized in Freedom of Information -
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Detroit mayor must release more e-mails, text messages, judge rules
Two local newspapers that have been covering the ongoing saga of Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his alleged relationship with…Categorized in Freedom of Information