‘Could be problematic.' Did Sheriff Swank alter records submitted to the court?

A judge says Swank might have violated state law, a contention that riled the sheriff and a private lawyer seeking to ...

Appeals court says the government can’t sue people for requesting public records

Preemptive lawsuits against public records requesters are not the way to solve questions about whether documents are legally ...
Arizona Capitol Times

Court reviews county authority to sue public record requestors

A case in Arizona Court of Appeals determines if a county can sue a public records requester for court clarification, ...
Columbus Dispatch

Ohio Supreme Court stands by its public records ruling on private emails

The ruling stems from a case involving a Montgomery County Board of Elections official who forwarded an email with a legal memo to his personal account and then to a political party chairman. Critics ...

County fights release of Sheriff Corpus probe records despite court order

In his Aug. 29 ruling, Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Finigan ordered the county to produce contract and payment records — including invoices and timesheets — related to retired Judge LaDoris Cordell’s ...