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AFSCME/COUN. 61 v. DEPT. OF PUB. SAFETY

No. 87-1735.

434 N.W.2d 401 (1988)

AFSCME/IOWA COUNCIL 61 and the Estate of Tom Gott, Appellees, v. IOWA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY and Dr. Thomas Bennett, State Medical Examiner, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 21, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., and Gary L. Hayward, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellant.

Michael E. Hansen, Des Moines, for appellees.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and HARRIS, LAVORATO, NEUMAN, and SNELL, JJ.

SNELL, Justice.

Defendants, the Iowa Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the state medical examiner, Dr. Thomas Bennett, appeal the district court order granting summary judgment to plaintiff, Estate of Tom Gott, in this mandamus action under Iowa Code chapter 22 (1987), the Iowa Public Records Act. The estate and Gott's union, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), Iowa Council 61, also a plaintiff, cross-appeal the district...

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