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ARKANSAS GAZETTE COMPANY v. PICKENS

No. 75-6.

522 S.W.2d 350 (1975)

ARKANSAS GAZETTE COMPANY and Ginger Shiras, Appellants, v. Fred M. PICKENS, Jr., et al, acting in their capacities as members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

May 12, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rose, Nash, Williamson, Carroll & Clay, Little Rock, for appellants.

Ray Trammell, Fayetteville, for appellees.

HARRIS, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented on this appeal is whether committees of the Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas are required by the Freedom of Information Act to permit newspaper reporters to be present at meetings. Stated differently, are committees of a board which is itself subject to the provisions of that act exempt from such provisions because they are only subgroups?

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