HARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC. v. MOORE

No. 59,019

241 Kan. 59 (1987)

734 P.2d 1083

HARRIS ENTERPRISES, INC., Appellant, v. DENNIS W. MOORE, district attorney, Appellee, CITY OF OLATHE, Intervenor-Appellee/Cross-Appellant, and CAROLE and JOHN DUFFIELD, Intervenors-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 27, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Franklin Taylor, of Payne & Jones, Chartered, of Overland Park, argued the cause, and Barry W. McCormick, of the same firm, was with him on the briefs for appellant.

James T. Wiglesworth, of Perry & Hamill, of Overland Park, argued the cause, and Gregory M. Dennis, of the same firm, was with him on the brief for appellee.

G. Stephen Long, of Shughart, Thomson & Kilroy, a professional corporation, of Kansas City, Missouri, argued the cause, and Philip W. Bledsoe, of the same firm, and Thomas A. Glinstra and George G. Long, of City of Olathe Legal Department, were with him on the brief for intervenor-appellee/cross-appellant.

Amy E. Hackler, of Hackler, Londerholm, Corder, Martin & Hackler, Chartered, of Olathe, argued the cause and was on the brief for intervenors-appellees.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

HERD, J.:

The appellant, Harris Enterprises, Inc., appeals from the trial court's determination that criminal investigation records sought to be disclosed by the appellant are exempt from disclosure under the Kansas Open Records Act, K.S.A. 45-215 et seq.

This case arose from the following circumstances:

In the early morning hours of January 28, 1983, the Olathe Police Department was called to...

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