SHERIDAN NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. CITY OF SHERIDAN

Nos. 5724, 5725.

660 P.2d 785 (1983)

SHERIDAN NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Wyoming Corporation, Appellant (Plaintiff), v. CITY OF SHERIDAN, and Roger F. Krout, Appellees (Defendants). CITY OF SHERIDAN, and Roger F. Krout, Appellants (Defendants), v. SHERIDAN NEWSPAPERS, INC., a Wyoming Corporation, Appellee (Plaintiff).

Supreme Court of Wyoming.

March 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Yonkee of Redle, Yonkee & Arney, Sheridan, for appellant in Case No. 5724 and appellee in Case No. 5725.

Duane C. Buchholz, Asst. City Atty., Sheridan, for appellees in Case No. 5724 and appellants in Case No. 5725.

Before ROONEY, C.J., and RAPER, THOMAS, ROSE and BROWN, JJ.


ROSE, Justice.

The appellant Sheridan Newspapers, Inc., publisher of the Sheridan Press newspaper, brought this action to gain access to certain categories of records maintained by the Sheridan police department. The trial judge entered an order from which Sheridan Newspapers, Inc. appeals in Case No. 5724, and from which the City of Sheridan appeals in Case No. 5725. We will reverse in 5724 and affirm in 5725.

Since July 31, 1981, the chief of police of Sheridan...

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