TELEGRAM PUBLISHING CO. v. KANSAS DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION

No. 86,767

275 Kan. 779 (2003)

69 P.3d 578

TELEGRAM PUBLISHING CO., INC., Appellee, v. KANSAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Kansas

Opinion filed May 30, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey E. Goering, of Thompson Stout & Goering, LLC, of Wichita, argued the cause, and Bradley A. Stout, of the same firm, and Michael B. Rees, chief counsel, of the Kansas Department of Transportation, were with him on the briefs for appellant.

Michael W. Merriam, of Topeka, argued the cause and was on the briefs for appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

NUSS, J.:

The Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) denied Telegram Publishing Co., Inc.'s (Telegram) request for access to the agency's records of hazard ratings for railroad crossings in Finney County, and Telegram filed suit to enforce its request under the Kansas Open Records Act (KORA), K.S.A. 45-215 et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Telegram and later awarded Telegram...

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