GUY GANNETT PUB. v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAF.


555 A.2d 474 (1989)

GUY GANNETT PUBLISHING CO. v. MAINE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 10, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan S. Piper, Bruce C. Gerrity (orally), Preti, Flaherty, Beliveau & Pachios, Augusta, for plaintiff.

John C. McCurry (orally), Maine State Employees Ass'n, Augusta, for defendants.

Julie M. McKinley (orally), Bureau of Employee Relations, Augusta, for D.P.S.

Before McKUSICK, C.J., and ROBERTS, WATHEN, GLASSMAN, CLIFFORD and HORNBY, JJ.


McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In this action under the Freedom of Access Act, 1 M.R.S.A. §§ 401-410 (1979 & Supp.1988), plaintiff Guy Gannett Publishing Company sought disclosure of a letter of discipline issued by defendant Department of Public Safety (DPS) to an investigator in the state fire marshal's office. Defendant Maine State Employees Association (MSEA)1 appeals the order of the Superior Court (Kennebec County; Alexander...

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