OKLAHOMA PUB. CO. v. CITY OF MOORE

No. 59813.

682 P.2d 754 (1984)

The OKLAHOMA PUBLISHING COMPANY, a Delaware Corporation; Maureen Shurr, an individual, Appellants, v. The CITY OF MOORE, a Municipal Corporation, and Richard Mills, Chief of Police of the City of Moore, an individual, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Machanic, Michael Minnis, Pierson, Ball & Dowd, Oklahoma City, for appellants.

Bill Pipkin, Steve Estes, Moore, for appellees.

Gary C. Rawlinson, Luttrell, Pendarvis & Rawlinson, Norman, for amici curiae, Transcript Co., Sooner Pub. Co., and Associated Press.

Jerry D. Sokolosky, Larry D. Bishop, Oklahoma City, for amicus curiae, Okl. Press Assoc.

Neal E. McNeill, City Atty., Imogene Harris, Asst. City Atty., for amicus curiae, City of Tulsa, Okl.


DOOLIN, Justice:

Appellants, Oklahoma Publishing Company and Maureen Shurr (OPUBCO), seek access to arrest records and jail records of the City of Moore Police Department. OPUBCO filed for writ of mandamus in the district court to compel the City of Moore and its police chief Richard Mills (Moore) to make available the arrest and jailing records of the candidate. The district court issued an alternative writ, directing Moore...

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