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NEWSPAPERS, INC. v. METRO. POLICE DEPT.

No. 86-1677.

546 A.2d 990 (1988)

NEWSPAPERS, INC., et al., Appellants, v. METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Appellees.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 29, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patti A. Goldman, with whom Alan B. Morrison and David C. Vladeck, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellants.

Donna M. Murasky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., Acting Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before NEWMAN, TERRY and ROGERS, Associate Judges.

ROGERS, Associate Judge:

This appeal presents the question whether the Duncan Ordinance, 1 DCMR § 1000 et seq. (1986), is a "statute" within the meaning of Exemption 6 of the District of Columbia Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), D.C.Code § 1-1524(a)(6) (1987 Repl.Vol.). We hold that it is not and, therefore, could not be the basis for denying the request of appellants, the publisher and a reporter of the Milwaukee Sentinel newspaper ("the Sentinel...

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