COUNTY OF SHERBURNE v. SCHOEN

No. 45275.

236 N.W.2d 592 (1975)

COUNTY OF SHERBURNE, Respondent, v. Kenneth SCHOEN, as Commissioner of Corrections, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 7, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Peter W. Sipkins, Sol. Gen., James N. Bradford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Edward M. Laine, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for appellants.

Robert B. Danforth, Asst. County Atty., Elk River, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc.


TODD, Justice.

Defendants appeal from an order permanently enjoining the commissioner of corrections and his agents from disclosing the contents of any presentence report to inmates, parolees, or probationers unless first authorized to do so by court order. We reverse.

After "considerable investigation and study," the Minnesota Department of Corrections announced that it was adopting a new open-file policy whereby inmates at Minnesota penal institutions, parolees...

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