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DUNN & THEOBALD, INC. v. COHEN

402 A.2d 603 (1979)

DUNN & THEOBALD, INC. and Connors Printing Company, Inc. v. Richard S. COHEN, Attorney General.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

June 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Libhart, Ferris, Dearborn & Willey, by N. Laurence Wiley, Jr. (orally), Brewer, for plaintiffs.

William R. Stokes (orally), Asst. Atty. Gen., Augusta, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and POMEROY, WERNICK, ARCHIBALD, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

We are here faced with the question whether under the Maine Freedom of Access Act these plaintiffs have any right to inspect and copy certain investigative records of the Attorney General in the face of the legislative declaration that:

"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, all complaints and investigative records of the Department of the Attorney General shall be and are declared to be confidential." 5 M.R.S.A. § 200...

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