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HERALD CO. v. McNEAL

No. 76-1460.

553 F.2d 1125 (1977)

The HERALD COMPANY, a New York Corporation, doing business in Missouri as Globe-Democrat Publishing Company, Appellant, v. Theodore D. McNEAL et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 13, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lon Hocker, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

Kenneth C. Brostron, St. Louis, Mo., for appellee; Albert J. Stephan, Jr., St. Louis, Mo., on the brief.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen., and Walter W. Nowotny, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., filed brief for State of Mo. amicus curiae.

Before HEANEY and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and STUART, District Judge.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The publisher of the Globe-Democrat brought this action seeking to enjoin the Commissioners of the Board of Police from denying access to arrest records and police reports.1 In Counts I and II, Globe claims that these records and reports should be available to their reporters pursuant to the "Sunshine" law, Mo.R.S. §§ 610.010 and 610.015 and other state statutes, Mo.R.S. §§ 109.180, 109.190 and...

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