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Prison Legal News Prevails in Tennessee Public Records Suit in Spite of Sheriff’s Antics
Loaded on Jan. 10, 2015
published in Prison Legal News
January, 2015, page 32
Filed under:
Police Misconduct,
Freedom of Information Act,
PLN Litigation,
Articles About PLN,
Public Records Act.
Location:
Tennessee.
As part of its news reporting, Prison Legal News routinely submits public records requests and Freedom of Information Act requests to government agencies. Most of the time they comply with the law and produce the requested records. Not so in Marshall County, Tennessee.
On February 3, 2014, PLN managing editor ...
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