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IN ARPA Required City to Disclose Cellular Phone Records of Public Officials; $3,400 Awarded in Atty Fees

Loaded on June 15, 2008

Filed under: Civil Procedure, Disclosure of Records. Location: Indiana.

AGENDA: OPEN GOVERNMENT, Inc. (Agenda) publishes a newsletter in Elkhart, Indiana (City). Its publisher requested of the City the cellular phone records of certain public officials, pursuant to the state Access to Public Records Act (APRA), Ind. Code § 5-14-3 et seq. The City refused, claiming that the records were ...

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