DES MOINES SCH. D. v. DES MOINES REGISTER

No. 91-403.

487 N.W.2d 666 (1992)

In re DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT PUBLIC RECORDS, Appellee, v. DES MOINES REGISTER & TRIBUNE COMPANY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 17, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kasey W. Kincaid and Michael A. Giudicessi of Faegre & Benson, Des Moines, for appellant.

Robert G. Allbee and Elizabeth Gregg Kennedy of Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie, Smith & Allbee, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LARSON, SCHULTZ, and CARTER, JJ.


HARRIS, Justice.

A public controversy arose concerning a school administrator. Litigation ensued and was settled. This appeal concerns the accessibility of school records relating to the administrator and the litigation. The trial court, interpreting Iowa's open records statutes, determined that a number of the records were confidential and exempt from disclosure.

The facts are stipulated. Dr. Bobbretta Williams, a nineteen-year employee of the district, was...

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