BD. OF DIRECT. OF DAVENPORT v. QUAD CITY TIMES

No. 85-739.

382 N.W.2d 80 (1986)

The BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF the DAVENPORT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT IN the COUNTIES OF SCOTT AND MUSCATINE, State of Iowa, Appellee, v. The QUAD CITY TIMES, AN UNINCORPORATED DIVISION OF LEE ENTERPRISES, INCORPORATED, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Carlin, of John J. Carlin, P.C., Davenport, for appellant.

Michael L. Noyes, of Rehling, Lindburg and Gosma, Davenport, for appellee.

Considered en banc.


WOLLE, Justice.

This case presents a question of public access to information on which a school board must take official action. The defendant newspaper sought to inspect the transcript of evidence generated by statutory proceedings in which the plaintiff school board undertook to decide whether to terminate the employment contract of a school administrator. See Iowa Code § 279.24 (1985). The board was not sure whether the transcript was exempted from...

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